There was a great change and a development of knowledge
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What helped this improvement (3)
1) Anatomy 2) New universities were established 3) Artists revolutionised paintings
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When was the printing press invented
1440
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How did the printing press help the renaissance
It allowed for knowledge to be shared quickly around Europe
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What medical knowledge was particularly improved in the renaissance
Anatomy and physiology
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What did doctors not manage to do
Use thier disscoveries to develop better cures for their patients
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Why did doctors not manage to do this
They had still not discovered the role that germs play in causing disease
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Who were two people that helped develop knowledge of the body
1) Versailles 2) William Harvey
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What two things did Versailles discover in 1536
Spermatic vessels and that the famous doctor Galen could be wrong
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What two things did he discover that was wrong about galens ideas
About there being two bones in the jaw and How muscles were attached to the bone
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When did he become professor of medicine at Padua University
1537
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What did he believe should be allowed for students
The dissection of human bodies in order to develop thier learning
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When did he publish his book “fabric of the human body”
1543
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What did William Harvey discover
The principal of the circulation of the blood through the body
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What did he calculate in 1616
That is was impossible for the blood to be burned up in the muscle
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When did he publish “anatomical account of the motion of the heart and blood”
1628
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What did his book end
The end of galens influence on anatomy
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Who changed peoples ideas about surgery
Ambroise Paré
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When did he develop his ideas
During his 20 years as a barber surgeon
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What did he disscover in 1536
That wounds healed better if they were treated with a cool salve not hot oil
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What did he disscover about ligatures
They could be used to tie arteries during amputations instead of cauterising the wound
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When was the Great Plague epidemic
1665
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How many people was killed due to the great plague
Over 100,000
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What were the two types of the plague
Bubonic and Pneumonic
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What was the bubonic plague
It caused painful buboes which were spread by fleas on rats
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What was the pneumonic plague
It was caused through airborne and was spread by sneezing
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Why was is spread so easily
Because of the lack of personal hygiene and dirty towns
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What did the authority do to stop the Great Plague (5)
1) dead bodies were taken at night and buried away 2) red crosses were put on plague victims doors 3) they closed public places 5) killed cats and dogs
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Who discovered vaccinations in 1796
Edward Jenner
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How did Edward Jenner Show his findings
How showed that infecting people with cowpox protected them from smallpox
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What was the problem with doctors during the renaissance
They were usually town based and were very expensive
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Who were quacks
They were unlicensed doctors that sold medicines that done worse than better
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