Renaissance : Medicine through time

Created by: Mo
Created on: 02-06-13 14:30

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Renaissance Medicine.
- Factors which caused Progress.
  - Less Religious: Church had less power.
    - They did not control what was being printed anymore.
  - Scientific Experimenting became more prominent.
  - Communication: The printing press was created which spread medical idea's faster
  - War: Gunpowder made more/differentwounds.
  - People started to study + Criticise Galen and Hippocrate's.
  - Wealth: Trade improved.
  - Education: The rich could attend university
  - Dissection: It was more acceptable + Common now.
  - Art: Artists became much better at drawing the human body
- Vesalius.
  - Before Vesalius.
    - People relies on Galen's work on Anatomy which had mistakes.
    - The church forced people to only accept Galen's work, instead of dissecting the body and correcting mistakes
  - Vesalius Discoveries changed:
    - Taught people that Dissection was important : Encouraged people like Harvery
    - He wrote a book: "Fabric of the Human Body" Which helped Harvey in his work due to the accurate drawings.
  - He uncovered Galen's mistakes.
    - Helped others Challenge Galen
  - Factors which held him back.
    - The church: Difficult for him to challenge Galen, they criticised him
    - The church saw dissection as a wrong thing therefore it was difficult for him to dissect them.
  - Factors which helped him
    - Art: more intricate Drawings.
    - Ancient learning: inspired by Galen
    - Wealth and Education: He attended University in France + Italy.
    - Printing: His books were printed all over the world
- Pare
  - Before Pare:\ Surgeons were not good at cleaning wounds and used cauterization - very painful
  - He used ligatures
  - he used herbal ointments - less painful + stops infection
  - There were factors which helped him
    - War: More patients to practice on
    - Ancient Learning: Inspired by an old Roman recipe
    - Printing: Help him spread his idea's through a book
  - Problems with his work.
    - Surgeons ignored his idea's and still used cauterization
    - his ligatures could cause infections if dirty
- Harvey
  - before Harvey people did not know the function of the heart or blood circulation
  - he proved the heart was a pump and blood moved one way around the body
  - In long term, his discovery aided blood transfusions and transplants.
  - Factors which helped him
    - Scientific experiment + Dissection
    - Vesalius: Helped him challenge Galen
    - Wealth + Education: Attended university in Italy.
- The Plague + Treatments.
  - People still blamed disease on bad smells ( miasma) and humours so treatment dd not change much
  - People still used magic charms and herbal remedies etc.
  - There were public health measure's
  - Airing bedding with perfume, ( Bad smells caused disease, ( Incorrect
  - People were less likely to blame disease on God, No flagellants.

Comments

Report Wed 19th February, 2014 @ 15:08

Mind maps are a brilliant revision tool and this is a particularly good example of how a whole time period can be explained in a very clear and easy to revise way. Make one for every time period and make sure to use colour to help you remember key facts.