Miasma Theory, influence of Church during epidemics and that supernatural beliefs.
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Causes of illness:
Changes
Most accepted that illnesses were not sent by God, decline of importance regarding the Four Humours Theory and analysis of urine. There was a move away from old ideas about the causes of illness but they had not been replaced.
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Prevention and Treatment:
Continuities
Bloodletting, herbal remedies, removal of bad air, use of apothecaries + surgeons for the poor and role of women caring for the sick who could not go to hospitals.
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Prevention and Treatment:
Changes
People looked for chemical cures for diseases, Renaissance hospitals began to treat people with wounds and infectious diseases and Pest Houses.
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Individuals:
Thomas Sydenham
'English Hippocrates'.
Positive- Placed importance on observing a patient.
Negative - Doctors / physicians still reliant on Galen's work.
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Individuals:
Vesalius
'On the Fabric of the Human Body.'
Positive - Corrected 300 mistakes by Galen on anatomy.
Negative - Caused controversy by challenging Galen's work.
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Individuals:
William Harvey
Circulation of the blood.
Positive - Proved that arteries and vein were linked together.
Negative - Considered to be mad as challenged Galen's work.
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Case Study: Great Plague (1665):
Causes
Unusual alignment of the plants, sent by God as punishment, imbalance of Four Humours + Miasma.
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Case Study: Great Plague (1665):
Treatment
Prayer, quarantine, fasting, smoking tobacco to ward off miasma + Plague Doctors.
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Case Study: Great Plague (1665):
Prevention
Local governments tried the following:
banning public meetings, closing theaters, sweeping the streets, burring barrels of tar and sweet smelling herbs to ward off miasma, killing cats and dogs.
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Epidemic
Disease that spreads quickly.
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Printing Press
Machine for printing text / pictures.
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Renaissance
Revival of ideas from 1500-1700.
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Royal Society
Set up in 1660 to discuss new ideas in medicine and science. Sponsored scientists.
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Pomander
Ball containing perfumed substances.
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Transference
Belief that an illness can be transferred to something else.
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Pest House
Hospitals that specialized in one disease.
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Causes of illness:
Changes
Back
Most accepted that illnesses were not sent by God, decline of importance regarding the Four Humours Theory and analysis of urine. There was a move away from old ideas about the causes of illness but they had not been replaced.
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