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History question

Explain why some changes took place in medical knowledge during the period c.1500-c.1700.
You may use the following in your answer:
 Vesalius
 The Royal Society
You must also use information of your own

What would your own knowledge be??

Reply 1

hp4300

Any other point you can think of for example...
William Harvey - disproved Galen's idea and found out more about circulation
Decline in power of the Church - more people were allowed to question ideas
Thomas Sydenham - grouped diseases together
- Increase in dissections

Reply 2

f_spanish

Explain why there were changes in the way ideas about the causes of disease and illness were communicated in the period c1500-c1700.

You may use the following in your answer:

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The printing press

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The Royal Society