Renaissance Medicine Organiser 1 -10

Question 1

Autopsy

Answer 1

Dissecting a body after someone has died to establish a cause of death

Question 2

Phsciology

Answer 2

The workings of the body

Question 3

Microscope

Answer 3

A new invention that allowed things to be magnified

Question 4

Cauterising

Answer 4

Using hot oil to stop a wound bleeding

Question 5

Printing Press

Answer 5

The process of copying a book , developed during the renaissance period which allows mass copying

Question 6

LIgatures

Answer 6

Using a string to tie up a vein

Question 7

Renaissance

Answer 7

A period of time 1500-1700 when art and science were growing in importance and old ideas were challenged

Question 8

Andreas Vesalius

Answer 8

Published “the Fabric of the Human Being” in 1543 showing the inner workings of the body

Question 9

William Harvey

Answer 9

Published “the Anatomical account of the motion of the heart and blood” in 1628 which showed blood moving around the body from the heart

Question 10

The Great Plague

Answer 10

1665 - the plague returns and kills 100,000 people