Renaissance

Question 1

When was the Renaissance time period?

Answer 1

1500-1700

Question 2

Key events during the Renaissance time period?

Answer 2

Great plague- 1665

Question 3

Key individuals during the Renaissance time period and what did they do?

Answer 3

Vesalius- questioned and proved Galen wrong
The Royal Society- A place for scientists to share new ideas
William Harvey- Proved Vesalius correct
Pare- Cool salve treatment

Question 4

Ideas on the causes of disease

Answer 4

Calling out Gallen- This was dangerous as Galens ideas were considered the absolute truth

Question 5

How was disease prevented in the medieval time period?

Answer 5

Miasma- Bad smell
Mass killing of cats and dogs- about 60,000
Isolation- Red Cross on doors

Question 6

What was public health like in the Renaissance time period?

Answer 6

Some more cleaning of streets etc because of the miasma theory and only some local councils advised not to throw waste onto streets

Question 7

What was methods for treatment and disease like in the Renaissance time period and how effective was it?

Answer 7

Herbal remedies- mixing herbs to help you feel better (slightly effective and wasn’t dangerous)
4 humours- not effective at all
Religion- not effective at all
Apothecaries- chemists who would recommend treatments at a price
Doctors- They were more knowledgeable as there were a few universities

Question 8

What changes and stayed the same about causes and treatment of illness and disease during the Renaissance time period?

Answer 8

Fewer people believe in the four humours however most still used the treatments for them
Fewer people believed in supernatural causes
People still believed in miasma

Question 9

Factors during the Renaissance time period?

Answer 9

Religion
Attitudes and beliefs
Science and technology