GCSE Medicine Booklet 2 Flashcards
What was the name of the book published by Vesalius in 1543?
The Fabric of the Human body De Humani Corporis Fabrica
Which individual did Vesalius prove wrong?
Galen
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. Englisg surgeons and physicians used his book as a manual
Who did the colour illustrations in the Fabric of the Human Body?
Leonardo Da Vinci
How did Pare help wounds to heal?
He used an ointment of egg yolks, oil of roses and turpentine
What was the effect of Pares ointment?
The soldiers wounds healed cleanly with less pain than if boiling oil was used.
How did Pare stop bleeding?
He used ligatures (silk threads) to tie the blood vessels closed
What method did ligatures replace?
Cauterisation where you use a red hot iron to seal wounds closed.
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.
Who did Harvey prove wrong?
Galen, he believed that blood was produced in the liver to replace the blood that was burnt by the body as fuel.
How did Harvey prove his discovery?
He dissected live cold blooded animals to observe how their hearts worked as well as dissecting human bodies.
How did William Harvey show that blood could only flow one way?
He tried to pump liquids past the valves in the veins but wasn’t able to.
What was Thomas Syndenham’s contribution to medicine?
He believed in observation and that each disease had a separate and unique cause.He treated smallpox with “cool therapy”, lots of fluids, and keeping cool.
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?
10,220 people were on the medical directory, half of doctors had been apprentices and trained, you had to have a licence to practise medicine, surgeons had to attend courses and have a year of experience to be a surgeon.
Who was Lady Johanna St. John?
Lady Johanna St. John is perhaps typical of the local ‘lady of the manor’s’ role in healing. She lived at Lydiard House near Swindon and combined her role of running a large household with compiling a recipe book of cures.