The Renaissance Flashcards
1
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New ideas
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- Politics
- Art
- Printing (dissemination of medical knowledge)
- Gunpowder (worse wounds, surgical innovation)
- Compass (importation of disease due to world traveling)
2
Q
Desiderius Erasmus
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- one of the “Fathers of Galenism”
- Galen revival
- Inspired Aldine press edition of Galen
3
Q
Aldine press
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- Published Galen in Greek from Arabic translations
- Galen “rediscovered”
- 590 editions published, med schools incorporated them
4
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Jacobus Sylvius
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- born as Jacques Dubois
- Ardent supporter of Galenic thought
- Advocated return to “true Galen” in Greek
- Virulent opponent of his own student, Andreas Vesalius
5
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Andreas Vesalius
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- Andre van Wesele
- Refuted several of Galen’s anatomic concepts
- Student/faculty at Padua
- Produced some of the first anatomic illustrations for medical students
- Tabulae anatomica sexe
- Wrongfully depicted 5 lobed liver, even still
6
Q
De Humani Corporis Fabrica
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- Elaborate, anatomically accurate drawings
- Refuted errors in Galen
- Three important concepts: anatomist should perform own dissection, eye is preferred over reference to the authority, anatomy is the key to medicine
7
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Hieronymous Fabricius
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- Successor to Vesalius (along with Colombo - pulmonary circulation, Fallopia - tubes)
- Padua chair of A+P
- Described venous valves and their function
8
Q
Paracelsus
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- Served several mercenary armies as a physician
- Scorned university physicians
- Burned Avicenna’s Qanun
- “Father of Pharmacology”
- Homeopathy
- Attempted to replace the four Hippocratic humors with his own
9
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Ambroise Pare
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- French barber-surgeon
- Royal surgeon for several kings
- Educated by apprenticeship
- “Father of Surgery”
