Medicine through time GCSE Renaissance

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What was the Miasma Theory?
Bad idea spread disease
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Who was Thomas Sydenham?
He moved away from the work of Galen and instead believed in observing a patient and noting descriptions of symptoms and then looking for remedies, rather than looking in books. His book, Observationes Medicae, as the standard medical textbook for the nex
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What were animalcules?
Little animals were the cause of disease that could now be seen by newer more powerful microscopes
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What was the Royal Society?
Sent up in 1660 to discuss new ideas in medicine and science, it allowed ideas to be discussed and spread. They also sponsored scientist and helped publish books
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Why was the printing press influencial?
It helped spread new medical ideas further and faster, started by the Gutenberg printing Press 1450
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How did approaches to treatment and prevention stay the same between Medieval and Renaissance Periods?
Bloodletting, purging, removing bad air. going to apothecaries and surgeons
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How did treatment, prevention and care change between Medieval and Renaissance periods?
Spread of the idea of transference, looking for chemical cures rather than herbal, weather was believed to be a cause, hospitals treated people with wounds and fevers, creation of pest / plague / pox houses
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How was the Great Plague 1665 treated differently to Medieval times?
Quarantine enforced by councils, banning public meetings and theaters, killing cats and dogs, local searchers to monitor spread of disease and clear victims bodies. Continuity in many treatments, similar to those used during the Black Death
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Who was Vesalius?
Dissected bodies and corrected the work of Galen on anatomy, especially around bones, the liver and led to discover of veins and valves. Wrote a book called On the Fabric of the Human Body in 1543
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Who was William Harvey?
Doctor who dissected bodies and animals, wrote a book called An Anatomical Account of the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals, proving blood circulated around the body using arteries and veins.
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Was Harvey significant?
Harvey did not cure anyone but his discoveries encouraged others to experiment on human bodies and also increased the knowledge of the medical profession
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