chapter 2: renaissance era Flashcards
what new developments had been made since medieval times?
- reformation
- invention of the microscope
- creation of the printing press
- people began to spend more on education
what was reformation and how did it lead to developments in medicine?
individuals began to question things like the roles of god and science
how did the invention of the microscope lead to developments in medicine?
helped scientists and doctors make huge discoveries and explain them
how did the creation of the printing press lead to developments in medicine?
allowed ideas & progressions in medicine to be spread quicker across europe
why did people begin spending more on education?
english people had become wealthier since the black death
what were the results of people spending more on education?
literacy rates increased leading to more people accessing new scientific ideas
what did vesalius do?
stole human bodies and dissected them to gain more accurate knowledge of human anatomy
what was the name of vesalius’ book and what did it contain?
‘fabric of the human body’ - it contained detailed pictures of the human body, challenging galen’s ideas
what did paré do?
- he was a french army surgeon & developed ideas about surgery
- he discovered ways to prevent bleeding - ligatures
what did paré do when he ran out of supplies to treat wounds during battle?
he used an ointment of egg yolk, turpentine and oil of roses & it worked
what did paré use to prevent bleeding after amputations?
he used ligatures instead of cauterisation & his method was more successful
what was paré’s book called?
‘collected works’
were paré’s ideas accepted by people?
no, his ideas were met with scepticism by most
what did harvey do?
challenged galen’s ideas by proving that blood flows around the body through arteries and returns to the heart in veins (he proved the heart acts as a pump)
why was harvey in a strong position to influence medical ideas in britain?
he was a doctor to king charles I and king james I
what did harvey publish in 1628?
a book called’an atanomical account of the motion of the heart and blood in animals’
what was the great plague?
another bubonic plague, however much smaller than the black death
what was the cause of the spread of the great plague?
- poor sanitation
- sewage and waste in streets
- increase in black rats which carried the bubonic plague
- wealthy people began to leave london, spreading it across europe
were the government more or less organised this time compared to the black death?
more organised
what action did the government take to try and stop the spread of the great plague?
- quarantine for incoming ships
- a red cross was painted on the (locked) door of a house of someone with the plague
- searchers were employed to identify causes of death
- cats & dogs were killed as they were believed to be spreading the disease (however this made it worse as cats stopped rats from spreading it)
- ordered people to light fires to mask the bad air
what did people do that they believed cured the great plague?
- bloodletting and purging
- plague doctors (wore leather cloaks, masks containing herbs, gloves and hats)
what were the consequences of the great plague?
approx. 75,000 died - a lot less then the black death due to a more organised government response
