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WEEK 11 (17th century) Flashcards

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When was the discovery of the circulation of blood?

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17th century

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The first suggestion of the existence of the pulmonary circulation was found in __________________

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Ibn an Nafis

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In the west, the first hint was given in a book written by Spanish physician _______________

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Michael Servetus

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Who was William Harvey?

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  • Credited for establishing the fact of the circulation of the blood
  • Proved circulation with morphological, mathematical and experimental arguments from dissection of animals
  • Concerned only with mechanical process of circulation
  • No Gaelic theory of “spirits”
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_______________ showed that in order to move from right to left side of heart all blood had to pass through the lungs

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William Harvey

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What was the first proof of the circulatory system?

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  • Structure of valves of the heart
  • Structure of great vessels
  • Absence of pores in septum
  • Location of vessels which short-circuit the lung in foetal circulation
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What was the second proof of the circulatory system?

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  • Mathematical and quantitative in nature
  • Measured the mass of blood that passed through the heart in a given time
  • Showed that the blood mass could be kept constant only in a system of circulation
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Describe how experimentation with snakes proved Harvey’s hypothesis of the one-way bloodstream

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Ligation of the vena cava left the heart EMPTY whilst ligation of the aorta ACCUMULATED BLOOD IN THE HEART -> confirmed Harvey’s hypothesis of the one-way direction of the bloodstream

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Where was there a gap in Harvey’s arguments?

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Without the use of the microscope he was unable to show how blood circulated from the arteries into the veins

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Who discovered capillaries?

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Malpighi

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Who wrote De Generatione Animalium published in 1651?

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William Harvey

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___________ opposed the theory of Preformation but favoured epigenesis

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Harvey

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What changes did Harvey’s discovery bring?

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  • The possibility of injecting medications intravenously
  • The possibility of transfusing blood
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Intravenous injections started in the 17th century, did not get taken up again until the 19th century but did not become safe until the _______ century

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20th

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Who was Robert Boyle?

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  • English chemist who founded the English Royal Society
  • Animal life is not dependent on air but on a specific component of air (oxygen)
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Who was Robert Hooke?

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  • Founder of the English Royal Society
  • Showed experimental that mechanical movement of the thorax was not the essential element in respiration
  • Demonstrated that life could be maintained in an animal even after removal of the thorax wall -> Blowing air through the trachea into lungs
17
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Who was Richard Lower?

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  • Founder of English Royal Society
  • Pioneered transfusion
  • Connected difference in colour between venous and arterial blood with respiration
  • Colour change took place in the lungs
18
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Who was Jean-Baptise van Helmont?

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  • Pioneer of digestion physiology
  • Admired Paracelsus
  • Identified Hcl in stomach
  • Discovered CO2 and invented the term “gas”
  • Eliminated the age-old belief that mucus in head cold is secreted by the brain
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Who was Regner de Graaf?

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  • Pioneer of digestion physiology
  • A pupil of Sylvius
  • Experimented on the pancreas and gallbladder of dogs
20
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Who was Santorio Santorio?

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  • The first controlled studies of the metabolic process in humans
  • A balanced scale system big enough for him to sit in and over a 30-year-period he studied himself carefully
  • Found no scientific value
21
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Who is Marcelo Malphigi?

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  • Discovered capillaries
  • First microscopic analysis of the structures of the lung, spleen, kidney, liver and the skin
  • Discovered sensory papillae and taste buds
22
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Who is the Father of Microbiology?

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Anton Van Leeuwenhoek

[Provided the first descriptions of bacteria, protozoa, of the striped muscle and of the spermatozoon]

23
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Who gave the name “cell” to formations observed in plants?

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Robert Hooke

24
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What did Edward Tyson study?

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A chimpanzee

25
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What did Claude Perrault die from?

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An infected wound acquired from dissecting a camel

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Who was Thomas Sydenham?

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  • Originally a captain in Cromwell’s army, joined medicine at 39
  • Maintained the theory of “coction”
  • Observed and classified diseases as if they were plants (Unlike Hippocrates who observed sick people not diseases)
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What were Thomas Sydenham’s achievements?

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  • Theories of the start of epidemic diseases
  • Famous for his studies of malarial fevers, dysentery, measles, scarlet fever and cholera minor
  • Worked with gout
  • Based his treatment on experience and classified disease with a strict method of treatment
  • Adopted Quinine (a powder for treatment)
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What did Quinine do?

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  • Cured malaria
  • Separated malaria from other fevers
  • Cured without producing the “evacuations” exclaimed by Galenists and humeral pathologists
29
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What was Baglivi famous for?

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Contributions to the pathology of typhoid which he called mesenteric fever

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What was Thomas Willis famous for?

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Circle of Willis

31
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What was Francis Glisson famous for?

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An excellent description of Rickets

32
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What was Richard Morton famous for?

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  • Two great books of pulmonary tuberculosis and malaria
  • The first to differentiate malarial fevers from other fevers through the use of Quinine
33
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Was there any noticeable progress in surgery in the 17th Century?

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NO

34
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Describe Obstetrics in the 17th century

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  • Became more and more part of the domain of the male doctor
  • Increasingly scientific development of the obstetrical art
35
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Describe universities in the 17th century

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  • Remained practically sterile and medieval
  • Practically all the great discoveries were sponsored not by universities but by societies of different sorts
36
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Were superstitions still present in 17th century medicine?

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YES

37
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Describe Medicine in Europe in the 17th century

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  • Italy was leading in Medicine and Science
  • France was stagnant
  • Holland and England were great powers
  • Germany was unproductive
  • Switzerland produced an unusual number of outstanding medical men

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