1350 - 1750 (Middle Ages)

Question 0

Give 3 examples of Vesalius’ genius.

Answer 0

• He thought to challenge Galen’s ideas.
• He was the doctor to the emperor of Spain.
• He wrote 3 books on anatomy.
• He was a professor of surgery at Padua.
• He “broke down the wall.”

Question 1

What affected the development of medicine from the Roman period to the Middle Ages?

Answer 1

• lack of interest in developing understanding of disease.
• more practical approach.
• most of the population was illiterate.
• only Galen’s ideas remained.
• lack of public health.
• control of the Church.

Question 2

Give 3 examples of why Vesalius was lucky.

Answer 2

• The development of the printing press allowed his to spread his ideas.
• In Padua, he could dissect corpses.
• He found willing artists to draw his ideas of anatomy.
• The power of the Church was failing.
• He had the help of his fellow professors.

Question 3

What did Harvey specialise in, and what did he prove?

Answer 3

Circulation of the blood.

He proved that the heart acts as a pump, recirculating the blood in a one-way system around the body.

Question 4

What were the most important three roles in medicine for women?

Answer 4

Housewife physicians, ladies of the manor, and midwives.

Question 5

What were you more likely to die of during an amputation - infection or blood loss?

Answer 5

Infection.

Question 6

Name five improvements between the two plagues.

Answer 6

• recognition that it was infectious.
• blame animals.
• trying to prevent infection.
• practical cures
• cleaning the air
• better diet
• better understanding of science

Question 7

Name three similarities between the two plagues of the 1300s and 1665.

Answer 7

• prayer
• magical and superstitious remedies
• purging

Question 8

Name two members of the Royal Society.

Answer 8

• Christopher Wren
• Robert Hooke
• Robert Boyle
• Joseph Banks

Question 9

The Royal Society was founded in what year?

Answer 9

1660.