Renaissance Medicine Flashcards
What does the word ‘renaissance’ mean?
Rebirth
What ancient writings became popular again?
Ancient Roman and Greek
Name a famous artist from the Renaissance period that drew life like drawings of the body
Titan
When was the printing press invented?
1440
How did exploration (travel) help medicine in the Renaissance?
People found new ideas, new ingredients for medicine
What new machinery was developed?
The water pump, glass
What was the Royal Society committed to?
Experimentation
Who set up the society and ironically was also bled to death in this period?
Charles II
What was the name of Vesalius’s book?
The Fabric of the Human Body
When was Vesalius’s book published?
1543
What was the difference between Galen and Vesalius’s dissections?
Galen dissected on animals whereas Vesalius dissected on humans
What did Galen say about the jawbone?
It had 2 parts
What did Vesalius prove about the holes in the septum of the heart?
That they didn’t exist
How many parts did Vesalius prove the breastbone had?
3 not 7
Harvey’s book was published in 1628. What was it about?
The circulation of blood
What did Harvey’s experiments show about the veins and arteries
That arteries took blood away from the heart and veins took blood back to the heart
What did Harvey discover allowed blood to only flow in one direction?
Valves
When did the Great Plague hit London?
1665
Give an example of continuity in the way the Great Plague was dealt with
Praying, herbs
Give an example of change in the way the Great Plague was dealt with
Infected people were isolated, watchmen, searchers, killed cats and dogs
How were the bodies from the Plague disposed of?
Buried 6ft under the ground in mass graves
For how long were Galen’s ideas believed?
1500 years
Bodies for dissection were in short supply. Where did the anatomists get them from?
The Christian brotherhood took the bodies of executed people and gave them to the anatomists, grave robbers stole bodies
How did Harvey compare the heart to a pump?
His friend had a horse riding accident and broke his rib, the skin that grew back grew very thinly and so Harvey could see the heart moving in a pumping motion
Name one natural way of treating people in the Renaissance
Herbal remedies
