Medical Renaissance

[3][4] Printed books based on movable type, adopted in Europe from the middle of the 15th century, allowed the diffusion of medical ideas and anatomical diagrams.

Linacre, Erasmus, Leonicello and Sylvius are among the list of the first scholars most credited for the starting of the Medical Renaissance.

[2] Following after is Andreas Vesalius's publication of De humani corporis fabrica (On the Fabric of the Human body) in 1543.

Better knowledge of the original writings of Galen in particular, developed into the learned medicine tradition through the more open attitudes of Renaissance humanism.

His research centered around his desire to learn more about how the human brain processes visual and sensory information and how that connects to the soul.

As antiseptics had not yet been invented this method led to an increased fatality rate and was abandoned by medical professionals of the time.

Additionally, Paré's contributions extended to the practice of surgical amputation and on the design and development of limb prostheses.

[8][9] While caring for wounded soldiers, Paré recorded the pain endured by amputees, a phenomenon now recognized as phantom limb sensation.

[10]Andreas Vesalius was born in 1514 around midnight in Brussels, then part of Habsburg Netherlands, to a long lineage of doctors.

He gained an interest in anatomy at a young age and began dissecting mice, moles, cats, and dogs.

[11] It was revolutionary because of the accuracy and precision of his descriptions and images of organs and would refute Galen's belief that human anatomy is closely related to apes.

De Fabrica was a milestone in medical science as it detailed many aspects of the human cadaver as well as presenting it in the form of art.

[14] The book gave clear identification of the organs in the human body while also removing the aspects that he found flawed with Galen's teachings.

Accomplished historians credit him for his boldness in his experimental work and his everlasting eagerness to implement modern practice.

Anatomy, as defined by William Harvey is, "the faculty that by ocular inspection and dissection [grasps] the uses and actions of the parts.

[17] Hieronymus Fabricius was an anatomist and surgeon that prepared a human and animal anatomy atlas and these illustrations were used in his work, Tabulae Pictae.