The Renaissance Flashcards
What year was the renaissance
1500-1700
What happened to the supernatural or religious causes of disease in the renaissance
Fewer people believed in the supernatural or religious causes
What causes continued in the renaissance
Miasma
Four humours
Who supported the ideas of galen
The catholic church
What were the changes to physicians work
Physicians stopped using astrology charts
Stopped using urine charts
What was a major advancement in the communication of medical ideas
The development of the printing press
Who and when invented the printing press
Gutenberg in 1440
What was the Royal Society
Where scientists carried out and recorded the results of experiments
What changes in hospitals in the 1500s
Hospitals were being used to treat more sick instead of being used by travellers
What happened to hospitals in 1536
Dissolution of monasteries caused many hospitals to shut
What were some continuing treatments and preventions
Bleeding and purging
Praying
Cleanliness
What were some changes in prevention and treatment
People regularly changed clothes
More emphasis on Removing miasma
Was there much change in the renaissance to prevention and treatment
Not much change
Why was there little change in the renaissance
-ideas were slow to be accepted
-discoveries did not improve understanding of disease
