Medicine key people Flashcards
1
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Who wrote the fabric of the human body
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Andreas versailius
2
Q
Why were public dissections useful
A
they allowed surgeons to better understand the body and find better treatments
3
Q
Why was Ambrose pare significant
A
he developed ligatures
Criticised and proved that cauterisation was not effective and using a poultice was much better for the patient
4
Q
Who discovered that blood was pumped round the body by the heart and liver did not make New blood
A
william Harvey
5
Q
How did the printing press being invented in 1439 transform medicine
A
it allowed books about new ideas to be printed and cause medicine to progress
6
Q
How did the church hinder medicine in the 1400s
A
it did not like or did not allow dissections which slowed the progression off surgery
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