Renaissance Medicine Flashcards
What does renaissance mean?
‘Rebirth’
What group was formed in London 1660?
Royal society
Who’s approval and support did the royal society have?
King Charles II
What invention helped books + journals be produced quickly + cheaply?
The printing press
What did the Dutch scientist Antonio Van Leeuwenhoek develop?
Better lenses for microscopes
What book did Andreas Vesalius publish in 1543?
The fabric of the human body
What did ‘fabric of the human body’ have in it l?
Drawing showing the muscles, nerves, organs and the skeleton
Vesalius discovered some of Galen’s teachings were wrong. Who else found errors in Galen’s ideas?
William Harvey
Galen said the heart is divided by a septum which has holes in it to allow blood to pass through. What did Vesalius show?
He showed that the septum does not have holes
Galen said the liver had five parts or lobes but what did Vesalius show?
Showed liver does not have any lobes
How many bones did Galen say the lower jaw was made up of and how may bones did Vesalius show the lower jaw was made up of?
Galen said it was made up of 2 bones but this was actually only true for monkeys and pigs but humans only have a single bone
What did Galen think veins carried and what did Harvey show the veins carried?
Galen said veins carried blood and air but Harvey showed they only carried blood
