The Renaissance Flashcards
Renaissance
rebirth of arts, science, medicine
new ideas about - politics, art, printing, gunpowder, compass, human dissection
Politics
“The Prince”
Art
realism and perspective
Printing
wide rand faster dissemination of knowledge
Gunpowder
worse and more wounds
compass
exploration but also diseases
Erasmus
Aldine Press - Latin versions of Galenic essays
spurred Galen revival and reappraisal
Jacobus Sylvius
all about Galen
famous student was Andreas Vesalius who was against Galen
Andreas Vesalius
refuted Galen’s anatomic concepts
De Humani Corporis Fabrica
De Humani Corporis Fabrica
elaborate and accurate medical drawings
anatomists should perform own dissections
observation > authority
anatomy is the key to medicine
make anatomy become the science of medical education
Theophrastus Phillippus Aureolus Bombastus von Hohenheim (aka Paracel-cus)
well known physician and asshole
Father of Pharmacology
Ambroise Pare
father of surgery
found that wounds healed better with ligatures, wraps, bandages, and stitches than with burning oil
treated gunshots
