Key individuals

• Vesalius 


  • Specialised in anatomy

  • Wrote 'the fabric of the human body'

  • Successfully mapped out the human body

  • Proved Galen wrong about the jaw

  • Used dissection
• Sydenham 


  • Used/promoted observation of symptoms

  • Favoured hands on learning

  • Discovered species and type of illness - improved diagnosis and treatment

  • "English Hippocrates"
• Harvey


  • Specialised in the circulatory system

  • Published 'An anatomical account of the motion of the heart and blood in animals'

  • Proved Galen wrong, there are no holes in the septum and blood is not made continuously in the liver

  • Used dissection, observation and experimentation