Medical discoveries in the 1500s

  • 1500

    cesarean section

    Jacob nufer preformed a C-section on his wife were both the baby and mother survived
  • 1537

    Dressing wounds

    Catherine de Medici discovered dressing gunshot wounds was better than cauterizing the wound with hot oil
  • 1543

    "Of the structure of the human body"

    Andreas Vesalius published "of the structure of the human body" which was a book about his discoveries while dissecting somebody
  • 1546

    Disease Transmission

    Girolamo Fracastoro offered the first scientific explanation on disease transmission "de contagione et contagiosis morbis"
  • 1550

    Scurvy was discovered

    Scurvy was discovered
  • 1561

    Eustachian Tubes

    Bartolomeo Eustachi discovered the Eustachian tubes
  • 1562

    Fallopian Tubes

    Gabriele Falloppio discovered the Fallopian tubes
  • Compound Microscope

    Compound Microscope was invented by Zacharius Janssen
  • Thermometer

    The thermometer was invented