Topic Two: The Medical Renaissance in England, 1500-1700

Question 1

Vesalius published The Fabric of the Human Body. It showed how the human body worked in what year?

Answer 1

1543

Question 2

In what year was the first dissection was carried out in Cambridge?

Answer 2

1565

Question 3

Harvey published his book An Anatomical Account of the Motion of the Heart and Blood which showed blood moving around the body in what year?

Answer 3

1628

Question 4

The first meeting of the Royal Society was held when?

Answer 4

1645

Question 5

The Great Plague in London. 75,000 died, WHEN?

Answer 5

1665

Question 6

The King

Answer 6

Despite some scientific developments, people still believed that the King could cure diseases such as scrofula (a skin disease). Being touched by the King was as close as you could get to being touched by God.

Question 7

Renaissance – this was a time of change (re-birth) when people became interested in all things Greek and Roman. Printing was developed so that books could be published (e.g. Galen, Vesalius). People realised the Greeks had loved enquiry – asking questions and challenging old ideas. They started to do the same – e.g challenging Galen’s theories

Answer 7

this was a time of change (re-birth) when people became interested in all things Greek and Roman. Printing was developed so that books could be published (e.g. Galen, Vesalius). People realised the Greeks had loved enquiry – asking questions and challenging old ideas. They started to do the same – e.g challenging Galen’s theories

Question 8

Evidence

Answer 8

– rather than believing & accepting old ideas (e.g. The Four Humours) without question, scientists and doctors were more willing to experiment (e.g. dissecting bodies) to make scientific discoveries. People started to look to evidence over tradition.

Question 9

Continuity

Answer 9

Things or ideas that stayed the same over time

Question 10

London Treacle

Answer 10

A medicine that was solve to cure the Plague. It contained herbs, spices, honey and opium

Question 11

Autopsy

Answer 11

Dissecting a body after someone has died to establish cause of death

Question 12

Diagnosing

Answer 12

Finding out what disease someone has by e.g. taking their pulse and observing the patient

Question 13

Royal Society

Answer 13

A group of people interested in science who met weekly. They had a laboratory with microscopes. King Charles II was a patron.

Question 14

Anatomy

Answer 14

The study of the human body and how it works

Question 15

Physiology

Answer 15

The workings of the body

Question 16

Microscope

Answer 16

A new invention that allowed things to be magnified

Question 17

Thermometer

Answer 17

A new invention that allowed someone’s temperature to be taken

Question 18

Mortality Bill

Answer 18

A document in each parish which recorded who had died and what had killed them.

Question 19

Pesthouse

Answer 19

A hospital for people suffering from infectious diseases, e.g the Plague.

Question 20

Printing

Answer 20

The process of creating a book. This was developed during the Renaissance