Renaissance Medicine:
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- Created on: 22-11-22 20:27
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- Medicine In Renaissance England:
- Context:
- Renaissance means rebirth and began with study of classical texts and was critical of old translations.
- Greater interest in how the human body works based on dissection and observation.
- Artists attended dissections and made illustrations for medical books.
- Greater interest in how the human body works based on dissection and observation.
- Return of classical texts led to a renowned faith in the four humours and theory of opposites.
- Renaissance means rebirth and began with study of classical texts and was critical of old translations.
- The Great Plague of 1665:
- Worst reappearance of the black death.
- About 100 000 died in London alone.
- Carts collected bodies for mass burial in "plague pits".
- To control the disease households were locked in and red crosses were painted on the doors.
- People didn't understand that germs were causing the disease.
- The Great Fire of London sterilised most of London.
- Worst reappearance of the black death.
- Andreas Vesalius - Anatomy:
- He studied anatomy and became a professor of surgery and anatomy at Padua.
- He was allowed to do dissections.
- He did his own dissections and wrote books on his observations.
- His most famous book was 'On The Fabric of the Human Body' written in 1543.
- Pointed out Galen's mistakes and he said there were no holes in the septum and that the jaw was made of 1 bone not 2.
- Encouraged doctors to dissect and study themselves.
- He studied anatomy and became a professor of surgery and anatomy at Padua.
- William Harvey - Blood Circulation:
- Discovers the circulation of the blood, disproving Galen's ideas.
- Identifies the difference between arteries and veins.
- Becomes a King's doctor so his ideas became more influential.
- He writes "An Anatomical Account of the Motion of the Heart and Blood".
- Bleeding operations still continued as people are unsure of what to do.
- Discovers the circulation of the blood, disproving Galen's ideas.
- Public Health:
- Populations began to increase and this put strain on public health.
- Factors Effecting Progress:
- The printing press meant that new ideas could be spread more easily and more rapidly.
- The Church's power weakened and this meant people began to look for natural causes and doctors could now dissect.
- Medical drawings can be shared and anatomical books are produced.
- More people could read and write and they started challenging old medical ideas.
- Context:
- Blood groups discovered in 1901, which makes blood transfusions possible.
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