medicine through time - 1500 - 1700

Cards (10)

  • symptoms of black death
    fever, headache, vomiting, buboes
  • how many people died from the Black Death: over 20 million people
  • Reasons why ideas about causes of disease changed: 4 humours couldnt be used to explain disease and illness anymore

    New books presented new ideas

    Urine was no longer accurate for identifying illness

    Galileo and Copernicus challenged authority of the Church which encouraged others to the same

    New microscopes - observed "little animals" on plaque of teeth
  • What was humanism? belief that human beings could make up their own minds when it came to discovering the truth around them
  • continuity in approaches to treatment and prevention: humoural imbalances

    herbal remedies
  • What was the dissolution of the monasteries? the split of the Catholic Church and the creation of the Church of England by Henry VIII.

    this meant very few hospitals were able to stay open due to their link to the church
  • where people got care in the renaissance period: Pest Houses - hospitals that specialised in one particular disease

    Community Care - most sick people cared for at home
    local communities were close-knit which meant lots of people gave advice or remedies
  • Willam Harvey: Carried out dissections on animals and humans

    Challenged Galen's idea that blood was produced in the liver and absorbed by body

    Proved heart acted like a pump and blood moved in a one way system around body

    Ideas not immediately accepted

    inspired by mechanical fire fighting pump
  • When was the Royal Society founded? 1660

    aimed to promote science and carry out dissections
  • Thomas Sydenham: Believed that observation was essential to diagnose disease