Vesalius quiz- Medical Renaissance

quiz to test yourself on vesalius from the medical renaissance

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What year was Vesalius born?
1514
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what places in the world did vesailius study?
paris and padua
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What occupation did vesalius do in padua?
Professor of surgery and anatomy
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Whilst Vesalius was in Padua whos work did he challenge?
Galen and the methods of teaching anatomy.
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What did Vesalius disect to prove Galen wrong?
He dissected 3 humans and 6 dogs
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what was Vesius' famous book on anatomy called?
"The Fabric Of The Human Body"
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What helped spread the success of this book?
New printing techniques, First illustrated book-'looked good' and people had a new interest in anatomy- this gave the book a large market.
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The second part of Vesalius' career was not successful- what was his new occupation?
Imperial physician and war surgeon for king charles
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why was Vesailus unable to do much for the wounded?
They still didnt understand germ theory so patients still died of infection
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He dissected them in front of a live audience to spread publicity.

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