Medicine Through Time - Key Individuals/People

Greek god of healing
He had two daughters, Panacea and Hygeia who assisted him with healing
He was worshiped at special temples called Acsclepions

Greek doctor, born in Cos around 460BC
Author of ‘Hippocratic Collection’ of medical texts
Originator of the ‘Hippocratic Oath’ and pioneer of ‘Four Humours’ theory

Born in 129AD in Greece, but travelled round the Roman Empire & was doctor to the Emperor
Developed the ‘Theory of the Opposites’ from Four Humours
Demonstrated the brain controlled the body not the heart

Born in Brussels in 1514 and studied medicine in Brussels and Italy, where he used artists drawing of dissections and published them in ‘Fabric of Human Body’
His work was widely circulated due to the invention of printing
Challenged the ideas of Galen, e.g. over human jaw bone

Born in France in 1510
Surgeon in Paris at Hotel Dieu and military surgeon
Treated wounds using turpentine and conducted amputations using ligatures

Born in 1578 in Folkestone!
Worked as royal doctor and lecturer in anatomy
Developed theory of circulation of blood and challenged Galen’s ideas on blood