Vesalius

• anatomist - ideas were unpopular at first but people realised he was right
• dissected human bodies
• 1543 - The Fabric pf the Human Body - book
• discovered Galen made over 300 mistakes - eg the human jaw was in one part not two
• Encouraged doctors not to believe in Galen but do their own work
• made studying anatomy fashionable
• spread ideas through books
• Printing Press - very important - Fugitive sheets - single page of book that could be mass produced cheaply
• 22 years old