Lecture № 4.Medicine ofModern age(XVII – XVIIIcc.)

AntonvanLeeuwenhoek(1632-1723)

MarcelloMalpighi (1628-1694)•The first scientist to observe the capillaries,the tiny blood vessels in whichblood circulates through flesh•With the discovery, the missing link inHarvey's circulation of the blood has beenfound

WilliamSmellie (1697-1763)•The first obstetrician to make ascientific study of the physical processof childbirth.•The three-volume Treatises on theTheory and Practice of Midwifery(1752-64)

LeopoldAuenbrugger(1722-1809)•The inventor of percussiontechnique•Considered one of the founders ofmodern medicine

ThomasPercival (1740-1804)Wrote a comprehensive system ofmedical conduct, ”Medical Ethics,or a Code of Institutes andPrecepts, Adapted to theProfessional Conduct of Physiciansand Surgeons” (1803) that set thestandard for many textbooks

EdwardAnthonyJenner (1749-1823)•The father of immunology•Discovery of smallpox antibody• In 1980, the WHO announced smallpox as aneliminated Disease•Work “An Inquiry into the Causes andEffects of the Variolae Vaccinae, a diseasediscovered in some of the Western Counties ofEngland, particularly Gloucestershire, and knownby the name of Cow Pox”

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