Health 2.1 The Impact of the Renaissance on Britain

Question 1

What were the work and book of Vesalius? (HE 2.1)

Answer 1

• He did his own dissections and said medical students should begin learning from them.
• 1543, The Fabric of the Human Body, illustrated dissection textbook backed with proof.

Question 2

What were the reactions and impacts of Vesalius? (HE 2.1)

Answer 2

• Criticised for disputing Galen. Had to leave Padua and work for Charles V.
• 1945, Thomas Geminus copied his work into ‘Compendiosa’ for Barber Surgeons.
• He was the basis for many cures and much future learning.

Question 3

What impact on treatments did Pare have, referencing gunshots, bleeding and limbs? (HE 2.1)

Answer 3

• Gunshots were treated with boiling oil and cream, but he just used the cream.
• Wounds were cauterised, but he invented ligatures, i.e the ‘crows beak clamp’.
• Limbs used to just be amputated, but he created some false limbs.

Question 4

What did Harvey contribute to medical progress? (HE 2.1)

Answer 4

• Translated the work of Vesalius.
• Observed animal heartbeats.
• Dissected and experimented pumping liquids in hearts.
• Said blood circulated around the body.

Question 5

How did people react to Harvey’s discoveries, what were their significance? (HE 2.1)

Answer 5

• Didn’t believe, he contradicted Galen.
• 1661, a microscope discovered capillaries and proved him right.
• Transfusions and blood groups stemmed from this.