Renaissance peeps Flashcards
1
Q
What did Vesalius do?
A
He boiled peoples bodies to play with the human skeleton. Doing this, he was the first man to discover how all the bones and muscles in the body fit together.
2
Q
What did William Harvey do?
A
He worked out that the heart was used to pump blood around the body, he discovered veins and arteries.
3
Q
What did Thomas Sydenham do?
A
He was the first person to theorize that a disease was something that attacked the body, and that the 4 humors was wrong.
