renaissance medicine Flashcards
who invented the printing press and when
johannes gutenberg mid 15th century
when was the printing press brought to england
1476
why was the printing press so significant
it allowed for increased accessibility of medical texts and shattered the church’s grip over knowledge and education by removing the limitations placed on publication. beforehand only monks could write out and hence publish any form of literature. it also meant that scientists could share their research and experiments and peer review
when was the first meeting of the royal society and when was it granted a royal charter
1660 and 1662
what was the name of the royal society’s weekly journal and when was it launched
philosophical transactions and march 1665
when was observationes medicae published
1676
what was one method that sydenham used in diagnosis
taking pulse
what two illnesses did sydenham show the difference between
scarlet fever and measles
how did sydenhams beliefs differ in terms of cause of disease
he believed that disease had natural causes and was not caused by god
what was the purpose of the royal society
to promote and support scientific research
how did the royal charter help the royal society
it gained them more influence
what was one way in which sydenham’s approach to treating illness differed to typical methods
he would treat the disease as a whole as oppose to the individual sympyoms
when did william harvey publish on the motion of heart and blood
1628
and this was only possible due to printing press
how did harvey make his breakthroughs on circulation
he dissected live animals particularly reptiles
what were some of harvey’s discoveries
-heart acts as a pump
-arteries carry blood from the heart and veins towards
-blood travelling in arteries per hour was 3x body weight therefore blood is not continually produced by the liver
