History of Anatomy and Physiology (16 th Century) Garbo Chen, Dominique Zollo, Maggie Werner, and Sami Mindlin
Claudius Galen Humeral theory—classified them into 4 types: phlegmatic, sanguine, choleric, and melancholic. Veins are connected to the heart, but that nerves come from the central nervous system. Described: 1. Nerve to the voice box 2. Anatomy of the spinal chord and uterus 3. Bones and their muscle attachments 4. Muscles work in contracting pairs 5. Structural differences between arteries and veins 6. Arteries contain blood not air
Andreas Vesalius Combined work of Aristotle and other Greeks with own dissections Had the opportunity to dissect human corpses Realized that most of Galen’s finding were wrong Published anatomy book that included his own discoveries of human body ◦D◦D e humani corporis fabrica libri septem
William Harvey First to accurately describe how blood was pumped through the body, by the heart Fabricius taught him that veins had one way valves Explained how the heart moved blood in a circular pattern in the body He was the first to suggest that mammals reproduced by the fertilization of an egg by a sperm
Leonardo Da Vinci 1 st to use visuals instead of descriptions Wanted to explain anatomy and physiology Able to perform 30 dissections of the human body Saw organs as “Motors” and the body as a “Machine” Compared human proportion to geometry The body is a microcosm of the universe
Rembrandt “The Anatomy Lesson” Dr. Deijman dissection
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