renaissance Flashcards
why did the influence of the church change
the new scientific method, the printing press, royal societ(1660)
what was thomas sydnhams book
observations medicae
what were thomas sydnhams ideas
observing patients in detail, treated disease as a whole, disease had nothing to do with the person
dissolution of the monastries
1536
why did the care of patients not change
hospitals didnt return fully for 200 years, ideas took time to be accepted
how did preventions and treatements change
changed clothes more, more emphasis on miasma, theroy of transference, realised diseases were infectous
what was medical training like
still based on textbooks, apothecaries and surgeons were better trained, discection was leagalised
versalius’ importance
proven galen wrong, understanding of anatomy, encoraged discetions, fabric of the human body
harveys importance
proved that blood pumped round the body, not made in the liver, left more unansered questions, had credibility
when was the great plague
1665
what was the goverment action towards the great plague
large gatherings banned, killed dogs and cats,, streets cleaned,, households boarded in
what were some new treatments of the great plague
theory of transference, sweating it out
