medieval individuals Flashcards
(8 cards)
1
Q
what did John Ardene do?
A
50% success rate with anus surgery
2
Q
what did the Mayor of coventry do?
A
improve public health- made every man clean the street outside his house or 12p fine
3
Q
what did Ibn al-Nafis do?
A
blood circulation through the heart, disagreed with Galens theory’s
4
Q
what did Rhazes do
A
5 hospitals in Baghdad, considered natural healing
5
Q
what did Avicenna do?
A
anaesthetised patients with cannabis and opium/ wrote ‘canon of medicine’
6
Q
what book did John Arderne write?
A
“A practise for surgery” in 1350
7
Q
what book did Rhazes write?
A
“El Hawi”
8
Q
who continued Ibn al-Nafis work in the 17th century?
A
William Harvey discovered the full circulatory system
