How important was the renaissance in the history of medicine?
A few… In medicine, Belgian physician Andreas Vesalius dissected cadavers and made numerous discoveries about human anatomy. His dissections of the human body and description of his findings helped to correct misconceptions prevailing since ancient times and to lay the foundations of the modern science of anatomy. The practice of midwifery has a long and distinguished history. The Greek philosopher Aristotle wrote of the wisdom and intelligence of Greek midwives. In the 16th century, French midwives were instrumental in advancing the field of obstetrics. The French midwife Louise Bourgeois, a noted teacher and author, was midwife to the French Royal Court for 27 years, delivering Louis XIII and six children of Henry IV. In early medieval Europe, religious groups established hospitals and infirmaries in monasteries and later developed charitable institutions designed to care for the victims of vast epidemics of bubonic plague, leprosy, smallpox, and other diseases that swept Europe du
