unit 2 renaissance medicinr

Question 1

when was the great plague

Answer 1

1665-1666

Question 2

what bacteria was the great plague passed by

Answer 2

yersinia pestis - bacteria from rats. came from china

Question 3

symptoms of the great plague

Answer 3

fever, painful buboes, coughing up blood. died within a few days

Question 4

how was the poor affected by the great plague?

Answer 4

the poor stayed and the rich left the city.

Question 5

what did the mayor do in june

Answer 5

closed london. people couldn’t leave without a certificate of health

Question 6

how many people died of the great plague per week in autumn

Answer 6

7000

Question 7

treatments of the great plague

Answer 7

red cross on the door of the infected
people smoked to keep away the “poisoned” air
home owners ordered to sweep the streets

Question 8

who was pare

Answer 8

he was a barber surgeon
he was widely read by english barber surgeons
used cream of rose oil to treat gunshot wounds instead of hot oil.
believe ligatures could seal wounds better than cauterising

Question 9

how and when did pare find out his discovery abt cream

Answer 9

discovered when he ran out of oil in 1537

Question 10

who was william harvey

Answer 10

english doctor who worked for king charles
opposed Galen and the four humours
found out circulatory system. heart controlled blood, not liver
he was hated and took another 50 years for his method to be taught
he was not immediately useful, people didn’t understand but it was vital for surgery development

Question 11

who was john hunter

Answer 11

new theories of anatomy + experimented with aneurisms
book on gunshot wounds
helped people understand anatomy helped prevent unnecessary death by stopping amputation
preserved 3000 anatomical specimens and robbed graves

Question 12

when did edward jenner create the first vaccine

Answer 12

1796

Question 13

what did edward jenner do

Answer 13

realised if you had cowpox you would not get small pox
eradicated the disease world wide
created the modern vaccine

Question 14

advantages of edward jenner

Answer 14

awarded £30 000 by the government for research

support from royal family

1853 - government made vaccination compulsory

Question 15

disadvantages of edward jenner

Answer 15

he didn’t understand the science

parents didn’t like it - start of anti vax

doctors didn’t accept it because they profited off of inoculation

Question 16

who was vesalius

Answer 16

published a textbook: “the fabric of the human body”

realised galen’s work was wrong: he studied on animals, not humans.
he explained internal systems
improved barber surgeon dissections.

however, he did not lead to any medical cures and failed to get support from some areas of europe due to challenging galen

Question 17

what was new discoveries in renaissance

Answer 17

microscope, printing press, artists drew anatomy like leonardo da vinci

Question 18

similarities of renaissance and medieval medicine

Answer 18

both have limited knowledge

barber surgeons apothecaries and wise women were still giving treatment

bloodletting and herbal remedies still popular

many in europe still supported galen