Thomas Sydenham - The English Hipocrates

Thomas Sydenham has been referred to as the English Hippocrates because he rejected the idea of the four humours and pushed his idea that something external caused disease.  Therefore is you fell ill; something has made you ill and that it was the illness that needed treating and not the balance of the humours in your body.

I am not going to repeat a biography on Sydenham here which can be found at the Science Museum or on the Encyclopaedia Britannica.  Click on the links to find out more about him.

The BBC Bitesize also has a useful piece on how he fits into the bigger picture in the Renaissance.

Other people who are significant and are worth doing some research are listed below.  Each one has a link for you to investigate.

Paracelsus
Robert Hooke - Robert Hooke Website - History of the Microscope - Britannica
Antony van Leeuwenhoek - BBC - History of the Microscope - Britannica

Look at the pictures.  Can you work out which doctor each one is?