Midterms Part 3

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    • Girolamo Fracastoro
      Broadened the public understanding of how epidemics or infections were spread. Introduced the concept of fomite, which could be a vehicle carrying pathogens that could cause diseases.
    • Andreas Vesalius
      Wrote "On the Structure of the Human Body" where he described a detailed structure of the human body.
    • William Harvey
      An Englishman who did an intensive study of the human circulatory system and properties of the blood.
    • Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
      Observed through a crude microscope bacteria and other microorganisms and therefore initiated a new thinking on diseases and how they can be caused by these organisms.
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