Medical Inventions During The Renaissance Era

The Renaissance period assisted in advancing Europe in a variety of ways. In this discussion, the focus will be towards Arthur Erickson’s quote regarding the creative flourishment which occurred through this historical era. There were many important advances in the renaissance era, concerning the medical field. As well as this, innovations drastically transformed humanity forever. made by William Harvey and Paracelsus. An important innovation from The Renaissance was the invention of the printing press. Revolutionary ideas have changed Europe drastically throughout this time period. Many new scientific discoveries and cures were found, but also many techniques and theories from medieval times were proven incorrect and were reformed. Many simple inventions were created from the improvement and rebirth of items already used.

Medical research developed significantly during the Renaissance period, helping Europe …show more content…
The main medical advancement made during the Renaissance period is the growth of knowledge, particularly anatomical knowledge. Knowledge was gained as in medieval times the church had banned the dissection of body’s as it was supposedly disrespectful to the dead as it was believed that to gain access to Heaven you should be buried whole. However, men such as Vesalius began to dissect body’s of criminals who were hung as a punishment of their offenses. This meant the techniques and theories …show more content…
The inventor of the printing press was Johannes Gutenberg and with his simple idea, Europe advanced immensely. It was one of the main inventions of this era in which changed Europe forever because it was so important. For the first time it enabled mass production and distribution of books, news and knowledge which could be copied and dispersed in large numbers with minimal effort and at a fraction of the