Renaissance Flashcards
What were ideas on the treatment of disease that continued into the renaissance?
-Bleeding and purging, the four humours was still widely believed in
-Herbal remedies, still passed down from generation to generation
What were ideas on the treatment of disease that changed in the renaissance?
-Printing press helped more people read about herbal remedies
-Treatments from abroad
What was the significance of Thomas Sydenham in the renaissance?
-Proved that the four humours was wrong
-Disproved blood letting
-Told doctors to carefully observe symptoms
What was the significance of Vesalius in the renaissance?
-‘On the fabric of the human body’
-Proved Galen wrong
-Improved anatomy of the human body
-First person the challenge the church
What was the significance of William Harvey in the renaissance?
-Showed that the heart was a pump and blood circulated around the body
-Dissected cold blooded animals
-‘On the motion of the heart’
How did people try to treat the plague?
-Blood letting was common
-Draw out the poison using pigeons, snakes and chickens
-Prayed for the sick hoping god would heal them
How did people try prevent the plague?
-Overcome the bad air to stop miasma
-People left to the countryside where there was less people
-Banned large events
-Quarantined people
-Trade between towns had stopped
How did people deal with the plague differently to the Black Death?
They realised it was spread through touch and interaction so they tried to prevent it by minimising contact between people and areas
