Was the Medical Renaissance an important period in medical history?
This was an important period because of discoveries about anatomy. For the first time Andreas Vesalius challenged the views of Galen, rather than relying on animals Vesalius dissected actual human beings to show that Galen was wrong about many things. Galen had always had a strong backing from the church so no one wanted to go against him this is why medicine may well have been held up and also why the renaissance period was so important and meant big change in the world of medicine.
There were also important discoveries about the way the body worked. The major breakthrough was by William Harvey by proving that the heart acted like a pump and circulated the blood around the body. For the first time people stopped believing previous thoughts that blood simply 'ebbed and flowed' around the body. Harvey discovered how the heart worked and was another doctor who proved Galen wrong in a couple of ideas he had about the hearts workings.
This was an important period because of discoveries about anatomy. For the first time Andreas Vesalius challenged the views of Galen, rather than relying on animals Vesalius dissected actual human beings to show that Galen was wrong about many things. Galen had always had a strong backing from the church so no one wanted to go against him this is why medicine may well have been held up and also why the renaissance period was so important and meant big change in the world of medicine.
There were also important discoveries about the way the body worked. The major breakthrough was by William Harvey by proving that the heart acted like a pump and circulated the blood around the body. For the first time people stopped believing previous thoughts that blood simply 'ebbed and flowed' around the body. Harvey discovered how the heart worked and was another doctor who proved Galen wrong in a couple of ideas he had about the hearts workings.