Medicine Through Time-Renaissance

Question 1

List 2 ways ideas about the cause of disease changed during the renaissance

Answer 1

• The four humours was disproven by versailes and harvey

- The church began declining in popularity , so it had less of an influence in beliefs about disease

Question 2

List 3 ways that there was continuity in the cause of disease in the renaissance

Answer 2

• most people still believed in the four humours being the main cause of disease
• the idea of miasma still lingered, during the great plague it was believed to be the main cause of disease
• the bad alignment of jupiter and saturn in 1664 was believed to be the cause of the great plague.

Question 3

What was the royal society

Answer 3

A society founded in 1660 in London. They had their own labs and equipment and helped scientists share ideas and experiments. They also published scientific journals

Question 4

List 3 key ideas that thomas sydenham mentioned in Observationes Medicae (1676)

Answer 4

• Doctors should rely on their own observations and practical experience. They should visit the sick and make notes on stuff such as their pulse
• the four humours are completely wrong, god didn’t cause disease
• Some diseases should be classified (e.g. measles and scarlet fever)

Question 4

when did van leewanhok first use the microscope

Answer 4

1683

Question 5

Give 2 ways in which treatment of disease in the renaissance changed

Answer 5

• Chemical cures/ iatrochemistry was introduced. Some of these contained mercury, which is poisonous!
• Transference. Example: during the great plague, it was believed that if you rubbed a chicken on your buboe and buried it in the ground, you would be cured of disease

Question 6

Give 2 ways in which treatments in the renaissance showed continuity

Answer 6

• bleeding and purging was still a popular treatment
• Many believed that the King’s Royal touch could cure disease as he was close to God-therefore they were still clinging to ideas about religion

Question 7

List 3 ways in which prevention of disease changed in the renaissance period

Answer 7

• They still believed in being clean and healthy, although public bathhouses declined in popularity due to the spread of syphillis
• Miasma still existed but people made more of an effort to remove it, such as cleaning streets and removing sewage
• The idea of moderation spread, keeping a balanced lifestyle is important

Question 8

How did the dissolution of monasteries have an effect on hospital care?

Answer 8

Most hospitals were attached to the church, meaning that many had to close down or struggled to stay open. This meant that smaller charity run hospitals sprung up-these mostly focused on care not cure

Question 9

How many mistakes did Vesalius find in Galen’s work? Give an example of one

Answer 9

300 mistakes. For example: Galen stated that the human jaw was two bones, however vesalius proved that it was one.

Question 10

List 2 factors that aided vesalius

Answer 10

Attitudes to society-decline in the popularity of the church allowed vesalius to be able to dissect humans
Science and Technology-The invention of the printing press allowed Many copies of his books to be made

Question 11

What did harvey prove?

Answer 11

• Harvey proved that veins could not flow backwards and that arteries and veins were apart of the same system
• He proved blood circulation from the heart - which pumped blood around the body

Question 12

Give 3 forms of government actions that was implemented during the great plague

Answer 12

• Many cats and dogs were slaughtered as they were belived to have been the cause of the great plague
• Public meetings, fairs, and large funerals were banned to limit the spread of disease
• households with the plague were marked with a red cross and the phrase lord have mercy on us written on the door