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Medical Figures

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Hippocrates
'Father of Medicine', 5th century BC, Kos, clinical observation, Theory of the Four Humours - black bile, yellow bile, blood, phlegm, balance of humours
Galen
Roman, use of opposites, textbooks, brain controls the body, showman, doctor to the Emperor(s),1st century AD, pig experiment
Koch
Identified germ causing a specific disease (anthrax first - created mouse experiment - 20 generations of mice proved that he had found the right germ; produced vaccines following Pasteur's breakthrough; German; government investment in his research; rivalry with Pasteur.

Pare
Barber surgeon; ligatures; ointment rather than cauterising with hot oil; 16th century; Renaissance; chance = Factor.
Vesalius
Professor at Padua University; Renaissance; skeleton; artists; printing; 'Fabric of the Human Body', 1543;dissection; proved Galen had made mistakes.

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