renaissance medicine Flashcards
1
Q
why did the ideas about the cause of disease change during the renaissance?
A
1) attitudes: seeking improvement.
2) influence of the printing press.
3) individuals: harvey, vesalius
2
Q
what were the treatments to the great plague?
A
1) quarantine
2) prayer and repentance
3) carrying a pomander
4) various diets were suggested
3
Q
how did the government try to prevent the spread of the great plague?
A
banned any public gatherings and added many good smells onto the streets to drive away miasma
4
Q
factors that helped progress treatments and training of doctors?
A
technology decline of church dissection being more socially accepted individuals ( harvey, vesalius) improvement of education henry VIII dissolving monasteries
5
Q
what determined who would heal you if you were sick
A
price and money
