Medical Training Flashcards
How did Vesluis help medical training ?
However, very gradually especially in the 1600s, the training of doctors did begin to change as you can see… because of Vesalius Encouraged human dissection which previously had not been practised : Even in 1668 diarist Samuel Pepys noted that the leading expert on eye problems in London had only ever seen animals’ eyes dissected, but not a human eye.
They gradually in the 1600s started learning the works of Vesluis on anatomy
More doctors had a chance to dissect bodies so they could learn for themselves
Prof. of surgery and taught anatomy; did his own dissections, published drawings he believed had a place in medicine.
Published ‘The Fabric of the Human Body’ in 1543. Each section started with complete picture, which then was broken down and examined layer by layer - corrected Galen’s mistakes! He was one of the first to challenge Galen’s work; in fact he corrected over 200 mistakes Galen had made. Galen, who mostly had to dissect pigs and apes made mistakes about the human body by assuming the human body was similar.
According to the Fabrica, one single bone made up the upper jaw. Vesalius berated Galen for claiming that it contained two, charging that the ancient sage based his claims on the observation of animals
A new method for anatomical progression – public dissection, publication of work with diagrams.
Science Technology
new equipment developed such as microscopes and thermometers however these still needed a lot of improvement in the future
-The Renaissance saw the beginning of scientific method - which involved conducting an experiment, collecting observations, then coming to a conclusion
-The invention of the printing press, a machine that allowed documents to be copied easily, meant that new ideas could spread more quickly around Europe.
The most famous printing press was the first made in 1438 by Johannes Gutenberg.
This helped medicine because it allowed people to swap ideas about diseases easily therefore helping them create new ideas.
By 1683, more powerful microscopes had been developed to allow for the observation of tiny ‘animalcules’ or little animals in plaque scraped from between the teeth. The images were not very clear, but they were visible. This was the first recorded observation of bacteria.- Antony van Leeuwenhoek, a Dutch scientist.
Reformation
beliefs were changing with new forms of Christianity and a more secular society developing, with understanding of the surrounding world increasing with scientific discoveries.
people were moving away from the churches Galen and hippocrates ideas
Beautiful art was being created in new styles and new techniques, beliefs were changing with new forms of Christianity and a more secular society developing, with understanding of the surrounding world increasing with scientific discoveries.
Changes in religion known as the reformation led to the decline in the Church’s authority even though most people remained strongly religious
Artists (such as Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and Titian) transformed painting as they painted the world and things relevant to people in new ways.
This led them to study the body in more detail, and was connected to improved knowledge of anatomy
His Fabric of the Human Body 1543 - Really important
A complete study of human anatomy, c
How did Sydenham help medical training ?
For most of this period from 1500-1700 physicians still learned about medicine from the books of Galen and other ancient writers
However, very gradually especially in the 1600s, the training of doctors did begin to change as you can see and they began to learn about modern scientists
scientific approach : testing and recording details, then sharing these results with other people
Scientific method was also important because it started a way of thinking (conducting experiments collecting evidence and making a conclusion) that eventually led to the questioning of the ideas of Hippocrates and Galen
The Renaissance saw the beginning of scientific method - which involved conducting an experiment, collecting observations, then coming to a conclusion.
Universities built new medical schools where scholars looked at ancient ideas about medicine. At first they thought that they were proving these ideas but soon they began to conduct experiments which led them to question the knowledge of the Hippocrates and Galen. This was important for the development of medicine
This way of thinking encouraged people to make their own discoveries and question other peoples theories rather than just accepting them as fact this progressed science during the period 1700. This kind of thinking built the building blocks for further medical dicoveries and change .
