Medical History
16th 17th Century
Discoveries of the 16th Century and People Who Contributed
Surgery also became more advanced ,Leonardo Da Vinci, dissected some human bodies and made accurate drawings of what he saw. This lead so more of an understanding of how the human body works.Also the surgeon of the age was Andreas Versalius , he also published a book called The Fabric of the Human Body . He also was the first one to discover that many theories about diseases and how they were spread were wrong. He showed the disease could already be inside you.
Discoveries of the 17th Century and People Who Contributed
Doctors also found a way to treat malaria ,which was very common in poor countries, from the cinchona tree. The Chinese had also made one of the hugest inventions we still use today, the toothbrush. Some say the toothbrush was already invented but this toothbrush was the first to be hygienic and actually wash your teeth.