Renaissance things Flashcards
why was the Company of Barbers and Surgeons formed?
to regulate surgeons practising in the City of London
what was a failing in Renaissance leaps in medicine?
- developments in thinking and research did not always lead to improvements in practice
- most new ideas didnt trickle down to general public
how did art impact medicine in the renaissance?
- people studied corpses - more accurate diagrams
- da vinci
how did the reformation under HVIII impact medicine?
- king schools and scholarships set up
- church of england allowed english bible which introduced standardisation of elngish language
- dissolution of monasteries weakened church power
who invented the printing press?
johannes gutenburg
who brought the printing press to england?
william caxton
how did the invention of the printing press impact medicine?
- helped spread ideas
- tyndale bible; banned by the church to control what people knew about christianity (no ‘pope’ as such, indulgences), operated from protestant germany
- increased literacy
what was the Tyndale Bible?
an english translation of the bible
what did Copernicus do?
- polish astronomer
- work was prohibited in catholic europe until 1835
- 1543 ‘on the revolutins of the celestial spheres’ published
- discovered a new star = observational science
- heliocentrism proved the church wrong on central point which weakened their power
- supported by galileo
how did new weaponry in the Renaissance impact medicine?
- e.g. gunpowder
- new injuries led to new treatments
how did the discovery of new lands impact medicine in the renaissance?
discovered new food and medicines (ie quinine from south america, opium from turkey)
what was the Role of religion and gvt in public health, in the Renaissance?
- no longer living under catholic ruler
- religion diminished in status
- weak regulation of quack doctors
- some towns employed people to pick up rubbish
- people could be fined for not keeping the street outside their house clean
how did the College of Physicians attempt to regulate quack doctors?
from 1600, started to license doctors
how were hospitals in the Renaissance funded?
- use of private subscription by local people
- founded by gifts from rich people
- HVIII gave some money to start hospitals - st bart’s (prev a monastery then taken on by london authorities), st thomas’
how were Renaissance hospitals different to Medieval ones?
- new dispensation of medicines straight to public
- new attempts to help ill children; eg. thomas coran set up foundling hospital
- less religious
- purpose built
- more doctor training
from 1720-50, how many more london hospitals were built?
5
why did HVIII give some money to start hospitals?
monasteries’ care had been removed
give 3 examples of charity hospitals that opened in the renaissance
Middlesex Infirmary, London Hospital, Guy’s Hospital
what were charity hospitals?
- hospitals funded by rich
- offered largely free treatment to the poor
- some specialised in treating certain illnesses or provided mothers somewhere to give birth
what kind of people were admitted to hospitals?
- only those likely to recover quickly admitted - partly due to lack of space and risk of contagious illness spreading
- ‘deserving poor’ had a greater chance of being admitted