Christopher Wren’s Medical Discoveries: the ‘Architect of Human Anatomy’

** Please note that this lecture will contain several mentions of early animal testing which some audience members may find upsetting** Christopher Wren was part of probably the first ‘research team’ assembled in Oxford in the 17th century, dedicated to better understanding the human body. With colleagues, Wren contributed to: the near-discovery of oxygen; the first human transfusion of blood; the first intravenous therapy and first intravenous anaesthetic; the description of the anatomy of t...