Renaissance Medicine Flashcards
What does the Renaissance mean?
rebirth
When was the Renaissance?
1450-1750
Name one technological development during this period
Printing press Microscope Pump
When was the Royal Society created?
1662
What was the name of the Royal Society Journal?
Philosophical Transactions
How did the Dissolution affect medicine?
It shut down the monasteries
When did Plague return?
1665 to 1666
What were the Lord Mayor’s Orders?
Close pubs and theatres Kill the cats and dogs Appoint nurses watchers and searchers
What was Thomas Sydenham’s book?
Obervationaes Medicae
What was Thomas Sydenham’s idea?
Treat the symptoms not the nature of the patient
What was Vesalius’ idea?
Galen was wrong about the structure of the body Carried out dissection illegally
When did Vesalius publish The Fabric of the Human Body?
1543
What was Harvey’s idea
The heart is a pump and pumps blood around the body
What was the title of his book published in 1628?
An Anatomical Account
Name three Renaissance cures for disease
Herbal remedies Prayer Bleeding and Purging
Name three Renaissance causes of disease
God Planets Miasma
Explain three ways in which medicine progressed during the Renaissance
Work of Harvey Vesalius and Sydenham Greater government action (Lord Mayors Orders) Allowed dissection New medicine like quinine and tobacco
Explain three ways in which medicine did not progress during the Renaissance
No real understanding of the cause of disease No effective treatments Limited government action New ideas were not accepted quickly
Explain how individuals played an important role during the Renaissance
New discoveries Published their ideas in books Creation of the Royal Society
Explain how the role of individuals was limited during the Renaissance
People were resistant to new ideas New ideas were of little use without an accurate understanding of disease No support from government.
