The Medical Renaissance In England Flashcards
What does renaissance mean
Rebirth
When was the renaissance
1400-1600
Give one feature of the renaissance
Improved artwork
What was Vesalius’ area of expertise
Human anatomy
Name the book written by Vesalius
On the fabric of the human body
Name one of Galens errors discovered by Vesalius
The human jaw bone was made from one bone not two .
There is no bone at the base of the heart
The hearts septum has no holes in it
Men and women have the same number of ribs
Did all doctors respond positively to Vesalius
No as they felt threatened as thats not what they had built their careers off of
Name or describe one of Harvey’s experiments
Cut open cold blooded animals to observe blood movement
Pushed thin rods down veins
What’s was Harvey’s main discovery
Blood flowed in a one way system and the heart acted as a pump
What was Harvey’s book called
An anatomical account of the motion of the heart and blood in animals
How did Harvey prove Galen wrong
Proved blood wasn’t being made in the liver and being burnt up by the body
Give some factors that helped Harvey
Education, science , technology
How did Sydenham challenge the theory of four humours
He believed to observe individual symptoms , meaning that it was important to find a specific treatment , not a general in which often happened with the theory of four humours .
Name a treatment developed by Sydenham
Quinine to treat malaria
Iron to treat anemia
Laudanum ( opium)
Name the disease identified by Sydenham
Malaria
Give one new idea about the causes of disease during the renaissance
Transference
Seeds in the air that carry diseases
Give an old idea about causes of disease during the renaissance
Miasma
4 humours
God
Planets
Evil spirits
What old treatments remained popular during the renaissance
Herbal remedies
Balancing humours
Praying
What was transference
People with contagious diseases would rub a vegetable e.g. an onion so the disease would transfer onto the onion and off of them
What was iatrochemistry
New chemicals
What is an apothecary
Created herbal remedies
How were apothecaries and surgeons trained in both Middle Ages and renaissance
Apprenticeships
Why did surgery improve in the renaissance
Human anatomy had more knowledge and dissection was more common
Why did apothecaries have more ingredients for treatments
As the americas were discovered
Why did many hospitals close down in the 16th century
King Henry VIII causes the reformation of the church and took all of the money and spent it himself
Who ran hospitals after King Henry VIII
Charities
What were pest houses
Where people with contagious diseases would go
Who made the first micro-scope
Leewenhoek in 1674
What did Leewenhoek call micro-organisms
Animalcules
When was the great plague of London
1665
How many people died in the great plague
100 000
Give one thing that the Lord Mayors orders did to deal with the plague
Clean the streets
How did Charles II and parliament deal with the plague
Held meetings ( but were mainly for Charles safety ) and also ran away
