Topic 5 (Renaissance) - Approaches to prevention and treatment

Question 1

Which methods were still used to treat sick people during the period?

Answer 1

1. The theory of the four humours
2. Natural remedies
3. Superstitious cures

Question 2

What methods of treating sick people changed during the renaissance period?

Answer 2

Hospitals (dissolution of the monasteries)

Question 3

how did the role of hospitals changed once more by the 1700’s

Answer 3

They were run by local charities/councils and became charity hospitals (hospitals that relied upon donations from wealthy people)

Question 4

What approach did Renaissance doctors take to prevent diseases?

Answer 4

they encouraged maintaining health to avoid catching a disease in the first place

Question 5

What factors did Renaissance doctors think were necessary in order to maintain good health?

Answer 5

1. Staying away from Miasma
2. Exercise
3. Getting right amount of sleep
4. Diet
5. Regular purging
6. Controllling emotion

Question 6

Give 3 ways in which opium used to treat patients

Answer 6

1. Relieved pain
2. Cured dysentery diseases
3. Cured respiratory disorders

Question 7

Give 3 ways that show how medical training changed between the medieval and renaissance eras

Answer 7

1. Started learning through experimenting/observing
2. Carrying out dissections
3. New ideas spreading because of printing presses

Question 8

Who was Andreas Vesalius?

Answer 8

A belgian doctor who studied medicine in Paris and Italy

Question 9

What type of new ideas did Vesalius have about medicine?

Answer 9

he had new ideas about anatomy

Question 10

How did Vesalius put his theories into practise?

Answer 10

Through dissections

Question 11

How did Vesalius influence medical practice in England?

Answer 11

1. He published a book which increased doctors knowledge about the human body
2. His book set the template for medical future works, by combining written texts and highly detailed illustrations