Part II. Europe and surgery from AD 1500 to 1800; the modern world is shaped - 21 Downloads
Part II. Europe and surgery from AD 1500 to 1800; the modern world is shaped
David Rew
‘The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you can see.’
WINSTON CHURCHILL
Introduction
The second article in this series considers the emergence of scientific medicine in Europe over the 300 years from 1500 to 1800. This remarkable period saw particular acceleration in European scientific knowledge. It encompassed the Renaissance, the publication of Vesalius’ text De humani. corporis fabrica and Copernicus’ text De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (both in 1543), the Copernican astronomical revolution of the 16th century, the Scientific Revolution of the 17th century, and the Age of Enlightenment of the 18th century.
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