Renaissance - Changes in Care + Treatment Flashcards
what stayed the same when training for apothecaries and surgeons during the Renaissance
- still not given university training
- still considered inferior to physicians
- still cheaper
what stayed the same when training for physicians during the Renaissance
- still trained at universities + training lasted many years
- training based on learning textbooks rather than practical experience
what were the 2 changes in apothecary and surgeon training
- Both better trained through being in guild systems - where apprentices, journeymen then masters
- a license needed for both –> only issues after complete training
what were the 3 changes in a physicians training
- better access to wider variety of medical books + detailed drawings due to the printing press
- new ideas about anatomy (led by Vesalius) + causes of diseases led to physicians becoming more practical + experimental
- dissection legalised but took long time to become common placed
where did Andreas Vesalius study and when
Paris 1533
what did Vesalius become after studying and where
professor or surgery at Padua
what was Vesalius’s work mostly on
the human anatomy - did large number of human dissections + made many discoveries on how the body worked
how many mistakes did Vesalius find in Galen’s work
300
why was Vesalius important (give 5)
- improved understanding of the human body
- made study of anatomy fashionable - became central to the study of medicine
- proves some of Galen’s work was incorrect –> helped others to question his theories
- encourages + inspired other medical professionals to carry out dissections and make further discoveries
- work was widely published in England + across Europe –> detailed illustrations of body could be copied into other medical textbooks
what did Vesalius help lay the foundations of
for others to investigate the anatomy of the human body into more detail –> vital for further medical advancement
