The period from around 1500 to 1700 is known as the Renaissance. Renaissance is a French worked that means re-birth. During the Renaissance people started to re-look at Classical learning. This included re-looking at works such as the Bible and Galen's medical texts. This means that the renaissance was about so much more than just medicine; it affected art and literature too.
During the Renaissance doctors looked at ancient doctors works and began to test and criticize them. One of the most famous of these was Vesalius who wrote De Humani Corporis Fabrica which challenged Galen's ideas on anatomy. As a result of the Renaissance doctors were also beginning to reject the ideas of the Four Humours.
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