health - renaissance

Question 1

why was there a renaissance

Answer 1

a new idea in europe that educationa and the arts hsould flourish

Question 2

what was invented in 1451

Answer 2

the printing press

Question 3

wjen was the printing press invented

Answer 3

1451

Question 4

what was the great plague

Answer 4

2nd wave of black death

Question 5

how did people deal with the great plague x4

Answer 5

watchmen painted red crosses on sufferers doors, fires lit to remove poison in the air, street sweeping, crowds were banned

Question 6

how did the great plague end

Answer 6

not becuase of the great fire of london, because rats developed a resistance to the fleas so didnt spread to humans

Question 7

how did hopsitals change after the dissolution of monasteries

Answer 7

after the reformation needy people couldnt go to the monsteries so hospotals had to be set up

Question 8

what is an example of a hosoirtal set up in the renaissance

Answer 8

st bartholemews

Question 9

why did hospotals change renaissance church

Answer 9

the chucrch lost a lot of power due to the reformation and people started to disregard the church’s teachings and influence

Question 10

another example of a hospotal opened in the renaissacne

Answer 10

thomas coram - opened foundling hospotal for abandoned chuldren in 1741

Question 11

what was an example of a porduct of quackery

Answer 11

daffys elixir

Question 12

who was john hunter

Answer 12

he was an army surgeon in 1760

Question 13

when was john hunter appointed surgeon to the king

Answer 13

1776

Question 14

why was john hunter so good at surgery

Answer 14

because he valued ecperimentation and even experimented on himseld

Question 15

how many taxidermied animlas did john hunter have

Answer 15

3000 he set up that museum thing

Question 16

when was william harvey made doctor to king james

Answer 16

1632

Question 17

what did william harvey do

Answer 17

he proved veins had valves and oppposed galens theory blood was made in the liver - ciculatory system

Question 18

Why did william harvey take so long ot publish his wor

Answer 18

there was a lot of resistance from the church so he wanted to be fully equipped and knowledgable

Question 19

how long idd it tae for harvey to ublish his works

Answer 19

12 years

Question 20

when was the printing press invented

Answer 20

1451

Question 21

what did they do when the great plague came

Answer 21

they quarantined those with the disease by painting a red X on the door
fires lit to sterilize air
sweep streets
crowds such as those of trade and theatres banned

Question 22

when was the great plague

Answer 22

1665

Question 23

what quackery was used on king george 2nd and when

Answer 23

turlington’s balsam for life in 1744

Question 24

when was vesalius born

Answer 24

1514

Question 25

what did vesalius find

Answer 25

there were no holes in the heart + dissected executed criminals

Question 26

why was vesalius hated

Answer 26

his theories went against Galen and so therefore the church and he was one of the first to question Galen’s ideas

Question 27

what did vesalius publish and when

Answer 27

the fabric of the human body 1543

Question 28

what did pare do

Answer 28

he was a french army surgeon wo ran out of hot oik for cauterisation on the battle field so used turpentine, egg yolk, and rose oil to mend the wound
he developed a technique using thread to seal the wound (ligatures)

Question 29

why would pare not be listened to

Answer 29

if he was not appointed surgeon to the king of France he would have had trouble advertising his ideas

Question 30

when was the microscope invented

Answer 30

1677`

Question 31

what drug was developed for malaria due to exploration

Answer 31

quinine - from bark of an exotic tree

Question 32

what is spontaneous generation

Answer 32

germs appear by magic

Question 33

why were hospitals also kinda bad

Answer 33

only the deserving poor were admitted

Question 34

who brought innoculation to britain

Answer 34

lady mary wortely montagu from a trip to turkey - pathogen into body in a weakened form but still live

Question 35

how did edward jenner discover vaccination

Answer 35

he noticed milk maids did not cathc small pox, so he experimented ona small boy and gave him cow pox ad then he did not catch small pox. he even tried it on his 11 month old

Question 36

vaccination vs innoculation

Answer 36

innoculation is when the germ is live but weakened a small bit
vaccination is when the germ is dead or significantly weakened

Question 37

opposition to vaccination

Answer 37

people thought it was gods punishment, and didn’t like the government telling them what to do with their body

Question 38

when was vaccination free for infants

Answer 38

1840

Question 39

when were vaccinations for small pox compulsory

Answer 39

1853

Question 40

when did jenner discover

Answer 40

1796