During the Middle Ages, there were not many developments in the fields of medicine and human anatomy. Much of the knowledge previously came from sources such as the Bible and other religious texts. After the major rebirth of ideas and revival of culture known as the Renaissance, new developments in these fields started to happen. The Renaissance was mainly known for its art and culture, but the scientific revolution also had a major role in this time period. The Medical Renaissance brought new knowledge and discoveries that brought positive change in the medical field. The Renaissance Period revolutionized human medicine by developing new ideas that changed the way people viewed the field of medicine.
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Galen, a physician from a millennium before the Renaissance, contributed the only knowledge of the human anatomy known at the time. However, many of Galen’s ideas of the human anatomy were thought to be fictional. After Galen, Andreas Vesalius “…was the first to challenge the theories of Galen and carried out dissection to closely observe the inner structure and construction of the human body.” (“The Founder of Modern Human Anatomy”). Andreas Vesalius was a physician, anatomist, and one of the most important figures of Renaissance anatomy and medicine. He closely observed the structure of the human body through dissections and disproved Galen’s theories of human anatomy. One discovery he found included that men and women have the same amount of ribs, which differed from the ideas of the Bible and the story of Adam and Eve. Vesalius’s discoveries gave the medical world a much clearer understanding of the human body, which allowed for new innovations to cure humans of their illnesses and injuries. With dissection and observation of the human body, Vesalius’s study of anatomy allowed him to record and create …show more content…
Ambroise Paré was a famous barber-surgeon and military surgeon who developed many new techniques in the field of surgery, which not only made surgery more humane, but also safer. “Henry II appointed him one of his chirurgiens ordinaries; he became premier chirurgien to Charles IX in 1562 and served Henry III in the same capacity. He had a flourishing practice at court and in Paris, and, as a military surgeon, treated the wounded of both sides during the Wars of Religion.” (“Paré, Ambroise”). Before him, gunshot wounds were thought to be poisonous, and were treated with boiling oil. Paré, instead of using boiling oil on the gunshot wound of a patient, used a mixture of egg yolk, rose oil, and turpentine. “He noted that the soldiers who had had their wounds dressed in this improvised manner were recovering better than the soldiers treated by the conventional method; they were free from pain, and their wounds were neither inflamed nor swollen.” (“Paré, Ambroise”). ¬¬Paré started to experiment other treatments and found that gunshot wounds were not poisonous. As well as this revolutionizing discovery about gunshot wounds, he was also well known for his discoveries about amputation. Paré used a technique of tying off blood vessels during amputation to prevent uncontrolled bleeding. He also developed many
One of the most crucial medical …show more content…
Galen, a physician from a millennium before the Renaissance, contributed the only knowledge of the human anatomy known at the time. However, many of Galen’s ideas of the human anatomy were thought to be fictional. After Galen, Andreas Vesalius “…was the first to challenge the theories of Galen and carried out dissection to closely observe the inner structure and construction of the human body.” (“The Founder of Modern Human Anatomy”). Andreas Vesalius was a physician, anatomist, and one of the most important figures of Renaissance anatomy and medicine. He closely observed the structure of the human body through dissections and disproved Galen’s theories of human anatomy. One discovery he found included that men and women have the same amount of ribs, which differed from the ideas of the Bible and the story of Adam and Eve. Vesalius’s discoveries gave the medical world a much clearer understanding of the human body, which allowed for new innovations to cure humans of their illnesses and injuries. With dissection and observation of the human body, Vesalius’s study of anatomy allowed him to record and create …show more content…
Ambroise Paré was a famous barber-surgeon and military surgeon who developed many new techniques in the field of surgery, which not only made surgery more humane, but also safer. “Henry II appointed him one of his chirurgiens ordinaries; he became premier chirurgien to Charles IX in 1562 and served Henry III in the same capacity. He had a flourishing practice at court and in Paris, and, as a military surgeon, treated the wounded of both sides during the Wars of Religion.” (“Paré, Ambroise”). Before him, gunshot wounds were thought to be poisonous, and were treated with boiling oil. Paré, instead of using boiling oil on the gunshot wound of a patient, used a mixture of egg yolk, rose oil, and turpentine. “He noted that the soldiers who had had their wounds dressed in this improvised manner were recovering better than the soldiers treated by the conventional method; they were free from pain, and their wounds were neither inflamed nor swollen.” (“Paré, Ambroise”). ¬¬Paré started to experiment other treatments and found that gunshot wounds were not poisonous. As well as this revolutionizing discovery about gunshot wounds, he was also well known for his discoveries about amputation. Paré used a technique of tying off blood vessels during amputation to prevent uncontrolled bleeding. He also developed many