Medicine - Renaissance Peg Test Flashcards
What does the word ‘Renaissance’ mean?
Rebirth
Name a famous artist from the period that drew life like drawing of the body?
Da Vinci
When was the printing press invented?
1443
When was the royal society set up and what was it committed to?
1660 and science
Who set it up and was ironically was also bled to death?
Charles 2nd
What is anatomy?
How the body works
When was it published?
1540
What is dissection?
Cutting up a dead body
What did Galen say about the jaw bone?
2 bones
What did Vesalius prove about holes in the septum?
They do not exsist
How many parts did Vesalius prove the breastbone had?
3
Harvey’s book was published in 1623. What was it about?
Blood circulation
What was written on the doors of plague victims?
A red X
How many people were killed by the Great Plague?
1/3
Why did it not spread as much?
Bodies were buried 6ft under
