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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Micrographia
Author: Robert Hooke, Time Period: 1665, Significance: One of the first detailed studies of botany, zoology, and mineralogy under a microscope.
The Germ Theory of Disease
Author: Louis Pasteur, Time Period: 19th Century, Significance: Provides the principle that microorganisms cause diseases.
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.
Gray's Anatomy
Author: Henry Gray, Time Period: 1858, Significance: Comprehensive reference on human anatomy still in use today.
Principles of Geology
Author: Charles Lyell, Time Period: 1830-1833, Significance: Laid the groundwork for the modern understanding of Earth's geological processes.
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.
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.
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