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Ideas
In this time period, doctors believed in ideas of Greek physisian, Galen. His idea was the body was made up of four humours (fluids) which determined what your personality was and how you reacted to disease. -
Four Humours
1) Blood/Sanguine- Hot: feiry personality
2) Phlegm- Cold: Calm personality
3) Yellow Bile- Dry: Bad-tempered personality
4) Black Bile- Moist: Melancholy personality
Illness resulted when you had too much of one humour -
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Deaths
Little was known in this time period about hygeine. Many people died from infections and child birth. -
Valves and Leg Vains
Girolamo Fabrici studies leg veins and noticed that they have valves which allow blood flow to the heart. -
Medical Thermometer
Itailian doctor, Santorio, invented the medical thermometer. -
Circulation of Blood
William Harvey described the circulation of blood to and from the heart. -
Malaria Treatment
Doctors discovered that bark from the Cinchona trees coulld treat Malaria. -
Investigating Diseases
Athanasius was the first man to use a microscope to investigate the cause of diseases. -
Blood Tranfusions
Sir Christopher Wren starts experimenting on dogs, and preforming canine blood tranfusions. -
Foundation of Chemistry
Robert Boyle published his book the "Skeptical Chemist" which laid the foundation for modern chemistry. It explained how the body takes in something from the air to breathe. -
Describing Cells
Robert Hooke was the first person to describe cells, in his book "Micrographia" -
Microscopes
Anton Van Leevwenhoek invented the first microscope. -
Blood Cell Discovery
Anton Van Leevwenhoek discovered blood cells with his new invention, the microscope.
