medicine through time- renaissance

Question 1

causes of illness in the renaissance

Answer 1

4 humours
miasma
supernatural
religion

Question 2

supernatural in the renaissance

Answer 2

wore charms to protect from illness

Question 3

4 humours in renaissance

Answer 3

theory had been discredited but still believed as lack of alternatives

Question 4

Andreas Vesalius

Answer 4

‘fabric of the human body’
dissected bodies
challenged 4 humours

Question 5

Thomas Sydenham

Answer 5

believed its important to observe patients symptoms and patients
English Hippocrates

Question 6

William Harvey

Answer 6

discovered the heart pumped blood/blood circulation

Question 7

NEW treatment in the renaissance

Answer 7

transference- illness could be transferred into something else

Question 8

what changed with the treaters in the renaissance?

Answer 8

there needed licences (training)

Question 9

what where hospitals like in the renaissance?

Answer 9

‘pest houses’
quarentined patients
began to treat

Question 10

printing press

Answer 10

1440
gutenburg
medical ideas could be spread through books

Question 11

royal society

Answer 11

1660
King Charles
scientific research by the government

Question 12

when was the renaissance period?

Answer 12

1500-1700