Middle Ages to Renaissance Flashcards
Diagnosed as an excess of black bile
Leprosy
Instrument for giving laxatives and enemas via anus
Clysters
Induced vomiting to purge the body
Emetics
Created the anatomical positions: pronation and supination
Created a detailed description and drawing of a baby inside the womb
Leonardo Da Vinci
He proposed the use of scientific method
Francis Bacon
Father of Modern Philosophy
Cartesian coordinate system
Advocated logic, not religion or tradition
Rene Descartes
Father of Modern Anatomy
His work is the beginning of modern medicine
Andreas Vesalius
Wrote compilations of folkloric experience and ancient tradition that served as repository for much of the medical and nutritional knowledge gathered up to that time
Hildegard of Bingen
“greater than Celsus”
Unorthodox method of healing
Rejected Galen’s claim that health and disease were controlled by the four humors
“like cures like”
Paracelsus or Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus Von Hohenhelm
Father of Toxicology and Pharmacology
Paracelsus or Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus Von Hohenhelm
First to describe the function of pulmonary circulation
Michael Servetus
Described the heart’s circulatory system
William Harvey
Described the pulmonary and capillary network connecting small arteries with small veins; identified taste buds
Marcello Malphigi
Introduced innovative surgical techniques that uplifted the reputation of “lowly” barber surgeons
“gentle” surgical techniques
Ambroise Pare
He concluded that most living materials are glandular in organization
Marcello Malphigi
