Unit 2 - The Medical Renaissance in England c.1500-c.1700 Flashcards
What did Andreas Vesalius disprove from Galen’s theories?
Vesalius found that:
the human jawbone is one part, not two,
the main vein leading out of the heart did not lead to the liver,
the human liver did not have five separate lobes.
What did William Harvey prove about blood flow?
Harvey explained how blood flowed in one direction throughout the body and that it was in the lungs where the transformation of venous blood to arterial blood took place.
When was the Royal Society founded?
1660
In …. the royal society received a royal charter from … . Which meant that…
1662 … Charles 2 … more people sent work to be published and were willing to donate money.
When was the printing press created?
1440
What does the term quack doctor mean?
No medical training but sold remedies to patients promising to ‘cure all’.
In 1676 who suggested that illness was caused by external factors and not the four humours.
Thomas Sydenham.
Although a continuity from the Medieval period, why was bathing less fashionable in the Renaissance period?
People were afraid of catching syphilis, but they were more likely to change clothes.
Why did William Harvey’s work have little impact during the medical renaissance?
Because his discoveries had little practical use in medical treatment and a lot of doctors ignored, or criticised, his work.
When was the medical renaissance?
c.1500 - c.1700
