Renaissance Flashcards
What were the cause of disease beliefs?
- imbalance humours
- punishm. sent by God
What was the Royal Society? When was it founded?
A society that had rational & scientific ideas with new equipment founded in 1660
What were prevention methods of disease?
flagellation
Which 3 treatment methods were used?
- blood letting = rebalance humours
- observation ^ theory
- king’s touch
What type of healer did people still seek? Why?
apothecaries as herbal remd. were v common
What change did St Bartholomew’s make?
began to take in & treat the sick
What was Vesalius famous for?
anatomy & public dissections
How did Vesalius prove Galen wrong?
discovered low jaw bone was 1 not 2
What was Vesalius’ book called? When was it published?
The Fabric of the Human Body - 1543
Give 2 changes in medical training because of Vesalius.
- physicans studied his work not Galen’s
- Vesalius championed Sydenham’s observation ^ theory= physicn. carried out their own dissections & observed patients hospital
Why was William Harvey disliked?
he disagreed with blood letting
What was Harvey’s significant discovery? What belief of Galen’s did it replace?
the heart pumps blood around the body, instead of belief blood is made liver to replace used blood
Where did William Harvey publish his findings? When?
his book = An Anatomical Account of the Heart & Blood - 1628
