Individuals

• Many individuals struggled to get their ideas accepted, including Vesalius, Harvey and Jenner
• Edward Jenner used scientific observation and methods to discover the vaccination
• Harvey read the work of earlier doctors and was able to build up his theory . by being thorough and observing he was able to come up with the theory of circulation
• Harvey may have got the idea of the heart pumping blood from mechanical water pumps in London
• Thomas Sydenham promoted careful observation of symptoms
• Vesalius made breakthroughs in the understanding of anatomy.
• Pare was willing to try new ideas and built on vesalius’s work
• John hunter promoted the scientific method, made discoveries related to surgery, and spread his knowledge through books
• Both Vesalius and hunter were criticised for taking bodies fro graveyards to dissect