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1
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Diagnosed as an excess of black bile

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Leprosy

2
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Instrument for giving laxatives and enemas via anus

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Clysters

3
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Induced vomiting to purge the body

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Emetics

4
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Created the anatomical positions: pronation and supination

Created a detailed description and drawing of a baby inside the womb

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Leonardo Da Vinci

5
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He proposed the use of scientific method

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Francis Bacon

6
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Father of Modern Philosophy

Cartesian coordinate system

Advocated logic, not religion or tradition

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Rene Descartes

7
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Father of Modern Anatomy

His work is the beginning of modern medicine

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Andreas Vesalius

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Wrote compilations of folkloric experience and ancient tradition that served as repository for much of the medical and nutritional knowledge gathered up to that time

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Hildegard of Bingen

9
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“greater than Celsus”

Unorthodox method of healing

Rejected Galen’s claim that health and disease were controlled by the four humors

“like cures like”

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Paracelsus or Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus Von Hohenhelm

10
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Father of Toxicology and Pharmacology

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Paracelsus or Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus Von Hohenhelm

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First to describe the function of pulmonary circulation

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Michael Servetus

12
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Described the heart’s circulatory system

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William Harvey

13
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Described the pulmonary and capillary network connecting small arteries with small veins; identified taste buds

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Marcello Malphigi

14
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Introduced innovative surgical techniques that uplifted the reputation of “lowly” barber surgeons

“gentle” surgical techniques

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Ambroise Pare

15
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He concluded that most living materials are glandular in organization

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Marcello Malphigi