Renaissance 1500-1750
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- Renaissance 1500-1750
- Andreas Vesalius
- Mapped out the entire human body
- published in 1543, The Fabric of the Human Body
- Proved Galen was wrong on a lot of things
- proved the jawbone was made on one bone instead of two which Galen said
- Was one of the first people to question Galen's work and had evidence for it
- Performed surgery and used dead bodies to help map out the entire system of the human body
- William Harvey
- Worked out the one-way circulation of the heart and blood network
- Discovered only veins carry blood to the heart
- Dismissed Galen's idea that the kidney made the blood and was the main organ to circulate blood around the body
- Published in 1628 an An Anatomical Account of the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals
- Printing Press
- Andreas Vesalius
- Mapped out the entire human body
- published in 1543, The Fabric of the Human Body
- Proved Galen was wrong on a lot of things
- proved the jawbone was made on one bone instead of two which Galen said
- Was one of the first people to question Galen's work and had evidence for it
- Performed surgery and used dead bodies to help map out the entire system of the human body
- The creation of the printing press in the mid-15th century allowed ideas and discoveries to be published on a mass scale
- Andreas Vesalius
- Royal Society
- First organisation setup to allow doctors to talk to one another on their findings
- Allowed doctors the freedom to talk of ideas/ theories instead of being shamed by the Church
- Formed in 1660 by a group of educated men
- Had the support of the king
- Doctors
- Improved technology e.g. thermometer, microscopes etc. all allowed training of doctors to rise
- Improved knowledge of anatomy and physiology through books improved training
- Medical schools and hospitals introduced allowed training to increase
- growing acceptance of dissections of human body
- John Hunter
- trained in Renaissance methods
- emphasised importance of observation and experiments
- Observed profession of human changes; pregnancy, progressive diseases
- Expert in dissection and provided clear illustrations of human anatomy
- Public health problems
- rubbish, dead animals and waste dumped on streets and left there
- rivers polluted with waste and little clean water is available
- most drank ale and so were unable to work
- poor sanitation
- Black Plague: 1665
- Local authorities tried several methods but had little success
- laissa faire effect-no one wanted the government to get involved in health
- rich had toilets because they could afford it
- Andreas Vesalius
- Neither man still made an impact of medicine
- Their discoveries were simply made about the human body, not on the treatment or prevention of disease
- William Harvey
- Worked out the one-way circulation of the heart and blood network
- Discovered only veins carry blood to the heart
- Dismissed Galen's idea that the kidney made the blood and was the main organ to circulate blood around the body
- Published in 1628 an An Anatomical Account of the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals
- Printing Press
- The creation of the printing press in the mid-15th century allowed ideas and discoveries to be published on a mass scale
- Public health action
- Town councils passed laws
- made people clean streets and stop dumping in rivers
- Setup public toilets
- Water in London
- many attempts to build artificial water supplies
- 1750 had most water supplied through private companies
- 1750 had the government made gin more expensive
- less intoxicated people meant more in work
- improved the economy
- Public health problems
- rubbish, dead animals and waste dumped on streets and left there
- rivers polluted with waste and little clean water is available
- most drank ale and so were unable to work
- poor sanitation
- Black Plague: 1665
- Local authorities tried several methods but had little success
- laissa faire effect-no one wanted the government to get involved in health
- rich had toilets because they could afford it
- Town councils passed laws
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