GCSE Medicine Booklet 2 Flashcards
What was the name of the book published by Vesalius in ____?
1543, The Fabric of the Human body
Which of Galens ideas were proved wrong by Vesalius?
That the lower jaw was in two parts. That blood passed through the septum.
What was the effect of the work of Vesalius?
He made people question Galen and showed the importance of human dissection
How did Pare help wounds to heal?
He used an ointment of egg yolks, oil of roses and turpentine
How did Pare stop bleeding and what did this method replace?
He used ligatures (silk threads) to tie the blood vessels closed, this replace cauterisation
What was a problem with ligatures?
Pare didn’t understand that the silk threads could carry germs into the wounds and cause infection.
What did William Harvey discover?
He showed that blood was pumped around the body by the heart.
How did Harvey prove his discovery?
He dissected live cold blooded animals
What was John Hunter’s contribution to medicine?
He was a surgeon who believed that deep wounds should be left alone to let nature help heal. Famous as a teacher of anatomy and dissection.
What improvements had been made to surgery by the early 1800s?
half of doctors had been trained
What was quackery?
People began to invent and sell medicine which they knew didn’t work.
Give one example of a fake medicine
Daffy’s Elixir
How many new hospitals were between ____ and ____?
1720 and 1750, 14
How many patients were treated in London’s hospitals by ____?
1800
20,000
Give an example of inoculation
Lady Mary Montagu gave her children mild smallpox.
