Renaissance

Question 1

When did the Renaissance begin?

Answer 1

The end of the 15th Century

Question 2

What did scholars rediscover?

Answer 2

Complete texts of ancient books

Question 3

What does ‘renaissance’ mean?

Answer 3

Rebirth.

Question 4

What was the most important improvement/invention?

Answer 4

Printing

Question 5

Why was printing good in the development of medicine?

Answer 5

Allowed new ideas to spread easily

Question 6

What did the Fabric of the Human Body contain?

Answer 6

Accurate pictures of the human body

Question 7

Who invented the microscope?

Answer 7

Leeuwenhoek

Question 8

What was discovered using the microscope?

Answer 8

Capillaries and the plague flea

Question 9

What was the main impact of new technology on?

Answer 9

Anatomy

Question 10

What was a popular method of treating illness?

Answer 10

Bleeding

Question 11

Why was dissection easier to do?

Answer 11

The influence of the Church decreased

Question 12

What was believed to have caused the Great Plague?

Answer 12

Smells

Question 13

What did people carry to protect themselves?

Answer 13

A posy

Question 14

What did doctors wear?

Answer 14

A beak mask

Question 15

Who identified scarlet fever and emphasised observation?

Answer 15

Thomas Sydenham

Question 16

Where did the best treatments of disease come from?

Answer 16

Wise Women

Question 17

What wise woman used common senses and practical methods and knew about the work of Galen?

Answer 17

Grace Mildmay