Renaissance Flashcards
De Humani Corporis Fabrica
Andreas Versalius
Foundation of observational anatomy that we practice today
Accurate and elaborate drawings/woodcuts
Anatomist must perform own dissection
Eye is preferred over reference to authority
Anatomy is key to medicine
After Fabrica, medicine became more about looking INSIDE the body
Andreas Versalius
Andre van Wesele Belgian Refuted several Galenism anatomic concepts Student of Jacobius Sylvius in Paris Produced De Humani Corporis Fabrica
Jacobius Sylvius
French
Medical degree at age 51
Ardent supporter of Galen and Hippocrates
Advocated return to “true Galen”
Important inventions/ideas of Renaissance
Printing: dissemination of ideas Gunpowder: need for surgery Compass: exploration and spread of diseases Politics: The Prince by Machiavelli Art: development of perspective
Hieronymous Fabricius
Described venous valves and their function
Studied under Falloppia at Ferrara
Paracelsus
Swiss, son of physician
No university education in medicine
Served as mercenary surgeon in armies
Scorned university-educated physicians
Considered Avicenna’s Qanun useless and burned it in public
Had to flee due to reputation
First to suggest “like cures like,” give something hot for a fever
Tried to substitute his own system for Hippocratic system
Contemptuous of learned medicine
Father of pharmacology
Ambroise Pare
Barber-surgeon, learned by apprenticeship
Renowned in surgical circles
Royal surgeon for many kings, and army surgeon
Father of surgery
Advocated gentle treatment of wounds
Origins of Renaissance
The plague/"great dying" led to rebirth Religion commissioning art to tell stories to illiterate Rise of city states Resurgence of civilization Islamic medicine spreading to Europe Ancient texts became available in Europe
Desiderius Erasmus
Dutch
Leader of Galenism and European scholarship
Father of Galenism
Inspired Aldine Press edition of Galen, spurring Galen revival
