Renaissance medicine

• What invention allowed medical information to spread quickly during the Renaissance?

  Printing press
• How did the printing press contribute to the decline of the church's influence?

  It allowed criticism of Galen to be published
• What did most people recognize about the cause of diseases during the Renaissance?

  God did not send diseases
• What was humanism during the Renaissance?

  A way of thinking independent of religion
• What does the term 'Renaissance' mean?

  'Re-birth'
• How did astrology influence beliefs about disease during the Renaissance?

  Some blamed diseases on planetary alignments
• What was the prevailing belief about the cause of disease during the Renaissance?

  Miasma
• What could cause a miasma according to Renaissance beliefs?

  Rotting food and decaying corpses
• What medical theory did most ordinary people still believe in during the Renaissance?

  Four Humours
• Why did most physicians continue to believe in the Four Humours?

  Patients paid them to treat, not experiment
• What were the key contributions of Andreas Vesalius to Renaissance medicine?

  • Studied anatomy and became a professor
  • Conducted dissections and wrote detailed observations
  • Corrected Galen's mistakes about the heart and jaw
  • Encouraged doctors to perform dissections
• What were the main methods of prevention, treatment, and care during the Renaissance?

  Continuity:

  • Bloodletting, purging, sweating
  • Herbal remedies
  • Regimen Sanitates
  • Removal of bad air
  • Care by apothecaries and surgeons
  • Women caring for the sick

  
  

  Change:

  • Belief in transference
  • Search for chemical cures
  • Weather conditions as disease causes
  • Specialized hospitals for wounds and diseases
• When did the Renaissance period start?

  1500
• What significant event occurred in 1660 related to the Royal Society?

  Received Royal Charter from King Charles II
• Who discovered that the heart acts as a pump?

  William Harvey
• What did Vesalius publish in 1543?

  'On the Fabric of the Human Body'
• How many people died in London during the Great Plague of 1665?

  68,596
• What was the first year the Printing Press was introduced in England?

  1476
• What were the contributions of Thomas Sydenham to Renaissance medicine?

  • Nicknamed the English Hippocrates
  • Advocated careful observation of the human body
  • Wrote 'Observationes Medicae' detailing diseases and treatments
  • Discovered new diseases like Scarlett Fever
• What were William Harvey's key discoveries?

  • Blood circulates around the body
  • Heart acts as a pump for blood
  • His work initially had little impact on treatments
  • Inspired further experiments in blood and circulation
• What was the role of the Royal Society founded in 1660?

  • Discuss new ideas in science and medicine
  • Facilitate study of each other's works
  • Promote collaboration among scientists and physicians
• What were the believed causes of the Great Plague?

  Supernatural and miasma theories
• What quarantine measures were taken during the Great Plague?

  People locked in homes for 6 weeks
• What prevention methods were used against the Great Plague?

  Creating strong smells to ward off miasma
• How did local government respond to the Great Plague?

  Closed theatres and banned large gatherings