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Canon of Medicine (Al-Qanun fi al-Tibb)
Author: Avicenna (Ibn Sina), Time Period: 1025, Significance: An encyclopedia of medicine in five books that standardized medical knowledge of the era.
De Humani Corporis Fabrica (On the Fabric of the Human Body)
Author: Andreas Vesalius, Time Period: 1543, Significance: A landmark publication in anatomy that corrected many of Galen's anatomical errors.
Hippocratic Corpus
Author: Various authors attributed to Hippocrates, Time Period: Circa 400 BCE, Significance: Collection of around 60 ancient Greek medical works associated with Hippocrates and his teachings.
Micrographia
Author: Robert Hooke, Time Period: 1665, Significance: One of the first detailed studies of botany, zoology, and mineralogy under a microscope.
Gray's Anatomy
Author: Henry Gray, Time Period: 1858, Significance: Comprehensive reference on human anatomy still in use today.
The Germ Theory of Disease
Author: Louis Pasteur, Time Period: 19th Century, Significance: Provides the principle that microorganisms cause diseases.
An Essay on the Shaking Palsy
Author: James Parkinson, Time Period: 1817, Significance: First detailed description of Parkinson's disease, establishing it as a recognised medical condition.
On the Origin of Species
Author: Charles Darwin, Time Period: 1859, Significance: Introduced the concept of natural selection and laid the groundwork for evolutionary biology.
Principles of Geology
Author: Charles Lyell, Time Period: 1830-1833, Significance: Laid the groundwork for the modern understanding of Earth's geological processes.
Traité complet de l'anatomie de l'homme (Complete Treatise on the Anatomy of Man)
Author: Jean Marc Bourgery, Time Period: Published in eight volumes from 1831 to 1854, Significance: Notable for its comprehensive and detailed illustrations of human anatomy.
Exercitatio Anatomica de Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus (On the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals)
Author: William Harvey, Time Period: 1628, Significance: Discovered and described the systemic circulation and properties of blood being pumped to the brain and body by the heart.
The Canon of Surgery (Kitab al-Tasrif)
Author: Abulcasis (Al-Zahrawi), Time Period: 1000, Significance: A medical encyclopedia which includes advanced surgical techniques for its time.
Essentials of the Materia Medica and Therapeutics (Dorland Medical Dictionary)
Author: W.A. Newman Dorland, Time Period: First published in 1890, Significance: Grew into one of the standard reference works on the English language medical lexicon.
Humani Corporis Fabrica
Author: Andreas Vesalius, Time Period: 1543, Significance: Known as one of the most important works in the history of anatomy, correcting Galen's anatomical errors.
Aphorisms
Author: Hippocrates, Time Period: Circa 400 BCE, Significance: Provided a collection of statements of principles and observations that guided the practice of medicine.
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