medicine in renaissance 1500-1800

Question 1

what did Sydenham discover?

Answer 1

• believe in four humours and careful observation
• hated dissections
• cool therapy - a cooling patient to make them better

Question 2

short term impact of sydenham

Answer 2

four humours was believed for longer
church was not challenged

Question 3

long term impact of sydenham

Answer 3

bleeding was used as a treatment for longer
ideas were spread in books

Question 4

what did Vesalius discover?

Answer 4

• discovered that the jawbone was one bone not two
• blood did not go through the heart
• breastbone has 3 parts not 7

Question 5

short term impact of Vesalius

Answer 5

did not make people better
had accurate knowledge of the body
proved galen wrong

Question 6

long term impact of vesalius

Answer 6

people can challenge Galen
helps improved surgery
book spread knowledge

Question 7

what did pare discover

Answer 7

• use egg yolk, turpentine and rose oil to treat gunshot wounds
• ligatures used to stop bleeding
• false limbs

Question 8

short term impact of pare

Answer 8

less painful way to stop bleeding
ligatures spread infections and took too long

Question 9

long term impact of pare

Answer 9

wrote a book to spread ideas
ligatures encouraged surgeons to think of new methods

Question 10

what did harvey discover

Answer 10

discovered that blood followed one way around the body

Question 11

short term impact of harvey

Answer 11

proved galen wrong
he did not make anyone better
his ideas were accurate
did not find capillaries

Question 12

long term impact of harvey

Answer 12

helped people to challenge galen
helped to improve surgery in the future- helped with blood transfusions

Question 13

what did hunter discover?

Answer 13

discovered more about the circulation of blood - could not get blood to move around a lump to reduce the need for amputations
worked on cancer

Question 14

short term impact of Hunter

Answer 14

proved the importance of experiments, observations and recording
found out ways for preventing amputations

Question 15

long term impact of Hunter

Answer 15

encouraged other surgeons to complete experiments to find new information
ideas spread through his books

Question 16

what did Jenner discover?

Answer 16

discovered that cowpox could be used to prevents people from getting small pox - the first vaccination

Question 17

short term impact of Jenner

Answer 17

used experiments to prove his work
wrote a book with his findings
could not explain his discovery

Question 18

long term impact of Jenner

Answer 18

given government money to develop his research: 10 grand
vaccination compulsory in 1853
pasteur proved his ideas worked