
One Medicine: Animal Experiments and the Making of Modern Medical Science
Dig: A History Podcast
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The Enlightenment and Human Health
In medieval Europe infectious disease, human suffering and premature death were usually understood to be providential. William Harvey was the personal physician of King Charles I. The knowledge gained from his dissections helped Harvey write two important works. In addition to hook and Harvey, scientists like Bernadino Ramazini began to take interest in occupational diseases.
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