renaissance medicine Flashcards
how were the ideas supported by the catholics church able to be proved wrong
the protestants challenged the power and organisation of the catholic church and its theories were disproved and so the catholic church lost power
although it had been discredited what theory was still widely believed
the theory of the four humors
what did Paracelsus theorise in 1526
disease was caused by problems with chemicals inside the body.
by who and when was it suggested disease was caused by seeds in the air.
In 1546, Fracastoro wrote On Contagion, which suggested disease was caused by seeds in the air.
what had happened by 1683
Microscopes were powerful enough to see “little animals”.
why was thomas sydenham important
He thought that diseases belonged to families. He theorised that the nature of the patient had little to do with disease that was affecting them. This laid the foundations for ending belief in the Theory of the Four Humours.
what changed in approaches to treatment
more exotic herbal remedies and people started experimenting with chemicals
what stayed the same in approaches to treatment
the theory of opposites and herbal treatments remained popular
what changed in approaches to prevention
bathing became less popular because of rumors that cholera was spread through bathing, as well as keeping air cleaner
what stayed the same in approaches to prevention
avoidance remained a popular theory and was practiced by most
who was Andreas Vesalius and what did he discover
he was a french doctor who wrote about the assembly of the bodies skeleton, muscles and ligaments
who was william harvey and what did he discover
a royal doctor who believed in the importance of learning from observation of dissection and later discovered that veins connected to arteries and that the heart acted as a pump
how effective was the government
they were largely ineffective, only dealing with smaller local problems to do with health
what did the great plague cause people to do to prevent the spread
public meetings banned, 40000 dogs and 200000 cats killed, fires to purify air, quarantine the ill
