BIO270H1 Study Guide - Herman Boerhaave, Galen, Andreas Vesalius
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Hippocrates (father of medicine): treatment of diseases. Claudius galenus had experiments to find out about bodily functions: he had experiments that involved dissecting organisms, ex. He experimented with the vocal cords of a pig. Francois fernal outlined knowledge about human disease. Andreas vesalius created the 1st anatomy textbook. William harvey identified the path of blood through the body. Before the 18th century physiologists can be divided into two groups. Ibn al-nafis was the 1st to describe the anatomy of the heart, lungs and pulmonary circulation. Iatrochemists: believed the body function only involving chemical reactions. Iatrophysicists: believed that there were only physical processes involved. Hermann boerhaave and albercht von haller proposed that both chemical and physical processes are at work. In the 19th century mattias schleiden and theodor schwann proposed that created the cell theory. Bernard came up with the theory that there is milieu interior (internal environment for cells. Per scholander: responses of vertebrates and warm blooded organisms.
