Health and the People - Renaissance Flashcards
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who was Pare
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- army surgeon, later surgeon to King of France
-treated many serious war injuries
2
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what did Pare do
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- he used a cool salve to treat gunshot wounds rather than boiling oil
- used ligatures to tie blood vessels rather than cauterising them
3
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who was vesalius
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- medical professor who specialised in anatomy
- performed dissections on criminals
4
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what did Vesalius do?
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- wrote ‘ Fabric of human Body ‘ which he published in 1542
- accurate diagrams - pointed out some of galen’s mistakes
- no holes in septum of heart
- jaw was only made of one bone
5
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who was Harvey?
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- doctor that worked ate Royal College of physicians
- studied animal and human bodies
6
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what did Harvey do?
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- dissected frogs
- found out the heart pumped blood around the body
- discovered valves ; uni directional flow of blood
7
Q
types of healers
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- physicians
- apothecaries
- quakers
8
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great plague? how many people died?
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- 1665
- 100K Londoners died ( 20% )
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