Renaissance Medicine

• What was invented in the 15th century that allowed ideas to travel faster?


  Printing press
• Which Italian Doctor published The Fabric of the Human Body?

  Andreas Vesalius
• Which university did this doctor study in?

  Padua
• Which English university was using The fabric of the Human Body by 1560?


  Cambridge
• What did The Fabric of the Human Body include detailed illustrations on?


  Human Anatomy
• Which three things did Vesalius prove Galen wrong about?

  • Jaw bone is one bone, not two
  • The breast has three parts, not seven
  • Blood does not flow into the heart through invisible holes
• Which doctor who studied at Cambridge came up with the theory of Circulation?


  William Harvey
• Which doctor prescribed roast chicken and wine to recover after being bled?

  Thomas Sydenham
• What was founded in 1662 after Charles II turned up to a meeting?


  The Royal Society
• Which main method did Vesalius and Harvey use to develop their theories?


  Use of dissection
• Where did people look for new herbal remedies?

  South America
• What was discovered as a cure for Malarial fever?

  Quinine Bark
• Between 1660 and 1682, 92000 people visited the kings court for a cure for what?


  Scrofula
• Why did people still believe the king had healing powers?


  They believed he was appointed by God and they were still very religious.
• Whose ideas were still in use throughout the Renaissance?

  Hippocrates and Galen
• What did wise woman Mary Doggett come up with a cure for through observation?

  Scurvy, cure to drink orange juice
• Who did poor people still turn to if they couldn't afford a doctor?

  Wise women
• The book 'The new London dispensary' showed people still believed cures based on what?


  Magic
• Who closed the monasteries and with them most of the hospitals?

  Henry VIII
• Which hospital was opened by charity in London and quickly grew to have 12 wards for 300 patients by 1660?


  St. Bartholomew's