16th and 17th Centuries (26 sept. 1600 – 26 sept. 1800)

Description:

- Causes of disease were still not known and many people died from infections and puerperal fever

- Ambrosie Pare (1510 - 1590) is a French Surgeon, known as the Father of Modern Surgery

- Bartolomeo Eustachio identified the eustachian tube leading from the ear to the throat

- Scientific societies, such as the Royal Society of London, were established

- First successful blood transfusion on animals was performed in England 1667

Average life span: 35 to 45 years