medicine Flashcards
who was the famous anatomist of 1500-1700
andreas vesalius
list 5 mistakes Vesalius found in galens work
1) the lower jaw was made up of 1 bone not 2
2) men did not have one less rib than women
3) the breast bone is made up of 3 parts not 7
4) the liver does not have 5 lobes
5) the vena cava doesn’t lead to the liver
what was the royal society?
a group of scientists who came together to discuss and compare works. where granted a royal charter by Charles II which gave them permission to meet.
what is transference
the idea that a disease can be transferred/rubbed onto an object.
list some ideas of causes of illness/disease in 1500-1700
- theory of four humours
- miasma
- no longer believed in a good diet
- supernatural beliefs.
what was thomas sydenhams impact?
he believed patients disease wasnt personal to them and that doctors/physicians should observe and examine patients before diagnosing them instead of relying on a book.
treatment of illness in 1500-1700
- transference (slept with goat hoping disease would transfere)
- herbal remedies with ingredients from the new world
iatrochemistry (chemical cures
what are fugitive sheets
illegal copies of peoples work
impacts of vesalius
- made anatomy fashionable
- inspired other artists
- was starting point for future discorveries
- caused lots of contraversy.
care in 1500-1700
- hospitals now treated you and had piad physicians which came and treated you.
- medicine from pharmacies
- due to dissolution of monasteries there werent many hospitals
- pest houses dedicated to a specific illness, the diseased where kept there to be treated. beginning to understand transference.
- community care was still popular as it was the cheapest. women often cared for diseased at home using home made remedies.
what was vesaliu’s book called?
de humani corporis fabrica
william harvey discoveries
- discovered valves and their function
- proved arteries and veins were linked using experiment
- discovered blood wasn’t made in liver
- showed veins only carried blood
- showed heart was a pump
impact of harvey
- encouraged other scientists to examine body
- impacts limited as there wasn’t wide acceptance
- his discoveries werent practical
how many people died from great plague?
100,000 Londoners, 1 in 5 people.
ideas about great plague
- god had sent it as punishment
- astrology: bad alignment of planets that year
- miasma: rubbish and dung sat over winter and in summer bad air rose and polluted towns
- transference: people understood it could be spread and quarantined.
