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1Andreas VESALIUS 1514 - 1564-> Wrote 'The Fabric of the Human Body' (1543).
-> Respected Galen's work, but proves:
+the jaw is made of one bone not two
+the breastbone has three parts
+blood doesn't flow through invisible holes in septum.
2Vesalius:- > showed doctors they could learn more about anatomy through dissection of a human (not animal)
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3William HARVEY 1578 - 1657-> Wrote 'An Anatomical Account of the Motion of the Heart and Blood' (1628).
-> King Charles I's doctor.
-> Proved that the heart acts as a pump, pumping blood around the body.
->dissected human bodies to get
detailed knowledge of the heart.