Renaissance Flashcards
What ideas were unchanged during the renaissance?
*People understood the 4 humours so it was still often used
* Miasma still believed
*Phycians carried out more observations but still relied on medical books to look up symptoms
What ideas changed during the renaissance?
*William Harvey proved Galen wrong (blood circulated body, not made in liver)
* Realised illness not caused by 4 humours
* Thomas Sydenham= different illnesses had different causes
*Microscopes developing
*Astrology much less popular
* Andrea’s Vesalius= better understanding of anatomy
*Not all illnesses caused by God’s punishment
Who invented the printing press?
Created by a German goldsmith
What did the printing press allow to happen?
●Information could be spread
What were 16th century hospitals like?
●Patient records show us that people got healed
●People in hospitals were fed and had a visit from the physician
●Pharmacy in the hospital
●Apothecary to mix the medicines
What were some changes to treatment during the renaissance?
●Much more training needed
●Wars lead to new wounds providing experience and training for surgeons
●New equipment = microscopes, thermometers
What did surgeons and apothecaries now need ?
A licence for their trade and much more training needed
What was a change to training during renaissance for doctors?
●Medical training sometimes took place one wards
●More doctors had a chance to disect bodies
How did physicians now learn which improved treatment during the renaissance?
●Physcician training emphasised a scientific approach and observing symptoms and trying out treatments
What treatment stayed the sane during the renaissance?
●First person to treat sickness was wife or mother of the sick
●Barber surgeons for those who couldn’t afford a physician
●Physician learnt from books of galen
Did universities train physicians in anatomy in the renaissance?
No as didn’t see a point which reduced the amount of change in treatment during the renaissance
Name 4 renaissance healers?
●Wise women
●Trained physicians
●Apothecaries
●Barber surgeons
