Renaissance Dates

Question 1

When was the Royal Society formed?

Answer 1

1660

• founded to discuss new ideas in medicine, science, and astronomy
• Scientists could study each other’s work
• Sponsored students and helped publish work

Question 2

When was the Great Plague?

Answer 2

1665

Causes) Plants, God, miasma, unbalanced Humours, touch from an infected
Treatments) Prayer, herbal remedies, bleeding and purging
Preventions) Victims were quarantined for 28 days, smoking tobacco to clear air, banning public meeting, funerals and fairs, and killing cats, dogs, and cleaning streets

Question 3

When did William Harvey publish his discoveries about circulation?

Answer 3

1628

-Corrected Galen, he proved that arteries and veins were linked in one system. Little practical use, said to be mad.

Question 4

When did Vesalius publish his findings?

Answer 4

1543

Found around 300 mistakes in Galen’s anatomical work from dissecting humans, not animals. He discovered that

• human lower jaw has one bone, not two
• human breastbone had three parts, not 7