Medicine in renaissance Flashcards
What time period was the Medical Renaissance?
1500-1700
What does renaissance mean?
Rebirth
What was challenging the Catholic Church?
Protestantism
What ideas about disease has changed since medieval period?
. Improved knowledge of anatomy (e.g William Harvey’s theory)
. Theories that diseases came from outside the body not from Four Humours
. People are more curious to find new ideas about causes of disease
. People were still religious but were beginning to question what the Church was telling them
What ideas about disease has stayed the same since medieval period?
. God sent sickness to punish them for their sins
. Still believe miasma causes disease
.Miasma
. The Theory of the Four Humours continued to be accepted during the Renaissance
What were many common diseases in this time?
. Plague
. Smallpox
. Great pic (syphilis)
What was William Harvey’s main theory?
Blood went around the body by circulation instead of being made in the liver
What book did Thomas Sydenham write?
Observations Medicae
What did the Observation Medicae state?
Illness could be caused by things outside of the body
What important technology was invented in this period?
. Microscopes
Why was the impact of medical discoveries so small?
. Lack of quality instruments (such as microscopes)
. Huge gaps in knowledge
. Ordinary people believed in the Theory of Four humours
True or false:
Patients wanted physicians to come up with new methods
False
They did not want to pay physicians to experiment on them
What is humanism?
People who believe in the importance of science to help understand how the world works and do not accept supernatural or religious ideas.
True or false:
Everyone could read
False but more propels could read than before
How did the Royal Society change ideas?
They sponsored scientists to research and print findings about medicine. The Royal society helped to spread new ideas especially with invention of printing press.
How were treatments the same?
. Since people continued to believe in Four Humours, they used methods to treat that
. Herbal remedies continued to be popular
How were treatments different?
. New types of herbal remedies
. Belief illness can be transferred onto something else like running a wart on an onion
True or false:
Cleanliness wasn’t as important anymore in prevention of disease
False
True or false:
They still believed diet played a part in prevention of disease
True
True or false:
Bathing became less popular for prevention
True
What did Vesalius do?
Have more detailed knowledge of human autonomy from his disections of animals.
What was the problem with Vesalius’ dissections?
He dissected animals because human dissections were banned. Animals do not have the exact same anatomy as humans causing him to have errors in his findings.
What is the dissolution of the monasteries?
Hebert VIII split from the Catholic Church and created the Church of England. In 1500s he closed down monasteries and convents
Why did many hospitals close down?
The dissolution of the monasteries
