Medicine: Renaissance

Question 1

How did Versalius improve understanding of human anatomy?

Answer 1

• Stressed the importance of dissecting humans, not animals, to study anatomy.
• Challenged ancient ideas (Hippocrates and Galen)
• Wrote book ‘On the Fabric of the Human Body’; very popular with barber surgeons.

Question 2

What did Pare do to improve treatment?

Answer 2

A war surgeon, used ligatures to

Question 3

Explain the significance of William Harvey

Answer 3

Discovered blood is pumped in a one way system around the body. This challenged using bleeding as a cure, and Galen’s ideas .