16th and 17th Centuries (26 set 1600 ano – 26 set 1800 ano)

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- 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