medicine through time - 1500 - 1700

• 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