Renaissance Period Flashcards
1
Q
Who were the key figures of the renaissance?
A
Andreas Vesalius
Thomas Sydenham
William Harvey
2
Q
What did Andreas Vesalius do?
A
He perform lots of dissection on executed criminals which allowed him to make accurate diagrams - Six Anatomical pictures (1538) and The Fabric of the Human Body (1543)
3
Q
When was the printing press invented and who by?
A
In 1440 by Gutenberg
4
Q
When was the microscope invented and who by?
A
In the 1670 by Leeuwenhoek
5
Q
When did the Great Plague come to England
A
1665
6
Q
Who was Thomas Sydenham?
A
He was a renaissance physician who fought in the Civil War he believed in the idea of practical experience and actually seeing your patients.
