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RENAISSANCE Flashcards

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How did renaissance progress?

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Increase of knowledge
Scientific method
Technology - Printing press / Microscope
People started enquiring

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Summarise Andreas Vesalius

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Head of surgery and anatomy at Padua Uni
Helped legalise dissection
Disproved Galen’s theories
Produced anatomical charts of blood / nervous system

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Summarise William Harvey

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Physician for royalty

Explained circulatory system - heart pumps blood / veins only contain blood (disproved Galen)

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Summarise Ambroise Paré

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Barber surgeon
Discovered by chance that wounds healed better if they were treated with a ‘soothing digestive’
Used ligatures during amputations

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