Impact of the Scientific Revolution on Medicine

  • Period: Jan 1, 1543 to

    THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION

  • MEDICINE

    MEDICINE

    In 1628, William Harvey published his new theory that the heart acts as a muscular pump which circulates blood around the body in the blood vessels.
  • Rage against Practice

    Rage against Practice

    Samuel Hahnemann rages against the prevalent practice of bloodletting as a universal cure and founds homeopathy
  • Vaccination

    Vaccination

    Edward Jenner develops a smallpox vaccination method
  • Discovery of Nitrious Oxide

    Humphry Davy discovers the anesthetic properties of nitrous oxide
  • Cure to Cancer

    Cure to Cancer

    After losing battles against cancer, millions dead, finally the cure was found.