Medicine: Renaissance 1500-1700

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2 causes that continued in the Renaissance 1500-1700
Miasma and 4 Humours
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2 reasons for change in the ideas about causes of disease
decline in influence of the church & new technology (microscopes) + better understanding of the human anatomy
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3 important individuals who had new medical theories
Thomas Sydenham / Andreas Vesalius / William Harvey
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1 way herbal remedies changed in the Renaissance
New herbs found in the New World (America) e.g Sasparilla
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What was Iatrochemistry?
chemical cures using metals & minerals
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1 way apothecaries + surgeons changed in the Renaissance
Have a liscence or have worked as an apprentice
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2 ways that improved trainee physicians' medical learning
Access to more medical texts (fugitive sheets) & dissections legalised
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What happened to Hospitals as a result of the Dissolution of Monasteries?
They closed down because of their religious ties with the Catholic church.
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How many people died from the Great Plague, 1665?
100,000 Londoners
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State 1 gov. action taken, to stop the Great Plague from spreading?
Killed 200,000 stray cats and 40,000 stray dogs
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