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This covers the period of the Renaissance, c.1450-1750:

• what was new in the Renaissance?

• Key individuals of the Renaissance - Vesalius, Paré and Harvey;

• scientific developments;

• The Great Plague;

• the development of hospitals;

• John Hunter;

• Edward Jenner and vaccination.