Medicine From The Renaissance To The Eighteenth Century | History of Medicine 3

The Early Modern period saw many important developments for intellectual history, and that is no less true for medicine. In this video we discuss the developments in Western medical theory from the Renaissance to the end of the eighteenth century, as Galenism is upheld and then toppled, anatomy comes to the fore, and medical practice... pretty much stays the same. As usual, this is merely an introduction to the topic and I encourage anyone who is interested to do more research for themselves.
Recommendations for further reading:
-Distelzweig, Peter, Benjamin Goldberg, Evan Ragland. Early Modern Medicine and Natural Philosophy.
-Siraisi, Nancy G. Medieval and Early Renaissance Medicine: an introduction to knowledge and practice.
-Conrad, Lawrence, et al. The Western Medical Tradition: 800 BC to AD 1800.
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