Friday, January 15, 2010

Renaissance and Industrial Revolution


Renaissance and Industrial Revolution
The first medical school was started in Salermo, Italy in the thirteenth century. The renaissance led to revolutionary changes in the theory of medicine.

In the fifteenth century, Vesalius repudiated Galen’s incorrect anatomical theories and Paracelsus advocated the use of chemical instead of vegetables medicines.

From the sixteenth century development of the microscope to the seventeenth century theory of the circulation of blood, scientist learned about the actual finding of the human body.

The eighteenth century saw the development of modern medicine with the isolation of foxglove by Withering, the use of inoculation (against small pox) by Jenner and the postulation of the existence of vitamins by Lind.

In Scotland, Brown decided that heath represented the conflict between strong and weak forces in the body.

Cullen preached a strict following of the media orthodox of the time and recommended complex prescription to treat illness.

Hahnemann was disturbed by the used of strong chemicals to cure, and developed the theory of homeopathy.

Based upon the theory that like cures like, he prescribed medications in doses that were so minute that current atomic analysis cannot find even one molecule of the original substance in the solution.
Renaissance and Industrial Revolution

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