Renaissance doctors

Question 1

Vesalius

Answer 1

Book - The fabric of the Human body - Detailed and accurate depictions of the human body
Challenged Galen’s ideas - The jawbone is one bone not 2
Encouraged other doctors to challenge Galen and make new discoveries

Question 2

Pare

Answer 2

Ointment made of egg white, oil prevented infections
Used ligatures to prevent bleeding

Question 3

Harvey

Answer 3

Discovery of circulation
Challenged Galen’s idea that blood was fuel
High status allowed his idea to spread, but couldn’t prove why blood circulated
Significant as it allowed blood transfusions to exist, discovered by Karl Landsteiner in 1901

Question 4

Hunter

Answer 4

Discovered gunpowder wasn’t poisonous
Amassed huge collection of animals and body parts
Responsible for many doctors training

Question 5

Jenner

Answer 5

Took small sample of cowpox and injected
Acted as the first vaccine that prevented smallpox
Some people died due to overdose
Church believe disease sent by God, shouldn’t interfere
Law in 1853 making it compulsory for a new-born to have the vaccine