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Period: Jan 1, 1543 to
THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION
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MEDICINE
In 1628, William Harvey published his new theory that the heart acts as a muscular pump which circulates blood around the body in the blood vessels. -
Rage against Practice
Samuel Hahnemann rages against the prevalent practice of bloodletting as a universal cure and founds homeopathy -
Vaccination
Edward Jenner develops a smallpox vaccination method -
Discovery of Nitrious Oxide
Humphry Davy discovers the anesthetic properties of nitrous oxide -
Cure to Cancer
After losing battles against cancer, millions dead, finally the cure was found.