Renaissance 1500-1700

Question 1

What does renaissance translate to in English

Answer 1

rebirth

Question 2

why was this time period called the renaissance

Answer 2

rebirth of ancient ideas and people began to challenge them

Question 3

With the church being less influential in this time period, what kind of approach to medicine did people believe in

Answer 3

a scientific approach

Question 4

Did people still believe in miasma

Answer 4

yes

Question 5

what was the main theory of causation when an epidemic would occur

Answer 5

miasma

Question 6

did people still believe in the four humours

Answer 6

yes

Question 7

what century did people stop believing in the four humours

Answer 7

1700

Question 8

As fewer people believed in astrology, what did doctors stop using to diagnose patients with

Answer 8

astrology charts

Question 9

As knowledge of digestion improved, physicians realised that urine wasn’t a good indicator of disease so thy stopped using _______

Answer 9

urine charts

Question 10

why did doctors stop using astrology charts

Answer 10

less people believed in astrology as a cause of disease

Question 11

why did doctors stop using urine charts

Answer 11

a bigger knowledge of digestion suggested that urine didn’t indicate disease

Question 12

What was Thomas Sydenham’s nickname

Answer 12

the English Hippocrates

Question 13

why was Thomas Sydenham know as the ‘English Hippocrates’

Answer 13

he had a huge influence on doctors

Question 14

what was Thomas Sydenham’s job and where did he work

Answer 14

doctor in London

Question 15

When did Thomas Sydenham publish his book, Observationes Medicae

Answer 15

1676

Question 16

what did Thomas Sydenham write about in his book

Answer 16

he outlined his theories and observations

Question 17

What was Thomas Sydenham’s main belief

Answer 17

that you shouldn’t base all your practises based on Galen

Question 18

What was the disease that Sydenham was first to describe

Answer 18

Scarlet Fever

Question 19

who was the first person to describe scarlet fever

Answer 19

Thomas Sydenham

Question 20

Sydenham was against purging and bloodletting, what did he urge patients to do to get better

Answer 20

eat a good roast dinner and drink half a bottle of wine to build their strength

Question 21

why did Sydenham tell patients to drink wine

Answer 21

it would help grow their strength

Question 22

What did Charles II set up in 1660

Answer 22

Royal society

Question 23

who set up the Royal Society in 1660

Answer 23

Charles II

Question 24

when was the Royal Society created

Answer 24

1660

Question 25

What group was Sydenham included in in 1660

Answer 25

royal society

Question 26

What was the role of the Royal Society

Answer 26

spread all the latest breakthroughs across Europe

Question 27

What did the Royal Society do to promote their ideas

Answer 27

published books, organised talks and created laboratories

Question 28

who invented the printing press

Answer 28

Gutenberg

Question 29

when was the printing press invented

Answer 29

1439

Question 30

what did the printing press allow

Answer 30

many copies of texts (books) to be made in a short amount of time

Question 31

How did the printing press affect the power of the Church

Answer 31

the church didn't have to approve the idea now and it could be published without their permission

Question 32

From 1665, the royal council invented the Philosophical Transactions, but what was it

Answer 32

scientists could share work allowing others to develop on the ideas which helped dismiss or confirm the ideas

Question 33

how did the royal council help scientists

Answer 33

they were funded and sponsored by the royal council

Question 34

In the medieval period, as well as treating patients, what else were hospitals used for

Answer 34

pilgrims and travellers to stay for the night

Question 35

In 1500, what were hospitals mainly used for

Answer 35

treating patients

Question 36

In 1536, Henry VIII released act of dissolution of lesser monasteries, but what else had shut down

Answer 36

many hospitals

Question 37

What was a pest house

Answer 37

a place where people suffering particular contagious diseases could go for treatment

Question 38

when hospitals were beginning to be re-built, who ran them

Answer 38

physicians

Question 39

Because physicians were still very expensive, who would look after an ill patient and where

Answer 39

a female relative at home

Question 40

How did people try and prevent miasma

Answer 40

through draining swamps and cleaning rubbish on streets

Question 41

What was the theory of transference

Answer 41

a theory which saw people rub objects on them as they believed that the object would take the disease from the patient

Question 42

Where did Vesalius study medicine

Answer 42

Paris University

Question 43

What type of people did Vesalius dissect on

Answer 43

dead criminals

Question 44

why did Vesalius dissect on dead criminals

Answer 44

they had a high heart rate

Question 45

How many bones did Galen say made up the breast bone

Answer 45

7

Question 46

how many bones did Vesalius say made up the breast bone

Answer 46

3

Question 47

how many bones did Vesalius say made up the Jawbone

Answer 47

1

Question 48

How many bones did Galen say made up the jawbone

Answer 48

3

Question 49

What group supplied the dead criminals bodies for Vesalius

Answer 49

Christian Brotherhood

Question 50

What did the Christian Brotherhood believe

Answer 50

that you couldn't fully believe in god unless you followed him your whole life

Question 51

What was the name of Vesalius' book

Answer 51

the fabric of the human body

Question 52

when did Vesalius publish his book, fabric of the human body

Answer 52

1543

Question 53

In Vesalius' book, he exposes Galen of making over ___ mistakes

Answer 53

200

Question 54

How old was Vesalius when he created an anatomy school

Answer 54

24

Question 55

What did Vesalius create at the age of 24

Answer 55

an anatomy school

Question 56

After seeing the 200 mistakes made by Galen, the public began to ___________

Answer 56

challenge church

Question 57

What is secularism

Answer 57

separation of Religion and state

Question 58

When was the Great Plague

Answer 58

1665

Question 59

What was the most common idea of what caused the Great Plague

Answer 59

Miasma

Question 60

Name a common treatment during the Great Plague

Answer 60

Theory of Transference

Question 61

What happened to dogs and cats during the Great Plague

Answer 61

killed

Question 62

why were large gatherings such as theatres shut In the renaissance era

Answer 62

to stop the great plague spreading

Question 63

Why did plague doctors wear duck beaks

Answer 63

birds were believed to attract disease so hopefully the disease would travel onto the beak and be destroyed

Question 64

Where did Harvey study medicine

Answer 64

Cambridge University

Question 65

What king was William Harvey a doctor of

Answer 65

James I

Question 66

What was William Harvey's job

Answer 66

an Anatomist

Question 67

What did William Harvey dissect on

Answer 67

live animals and dead bodies

Question 68

What did Harvey state about blood circulation

Answer 68

it circulated the body like a machine

Question 69

Why did people stop seeing Harvey as a doctor

Answer 69

he was a madman

Question 70

How many ounces of blood would Harvey take from his patients

Answer 70

6-10

Question 71

What was the name of Harvey's book

Answer 71

an anatomical motion of the heart and body

Question 72

when did Harvey publish his book

Answer 72

1628

Question 73

how many years after publish was Harvey's book read in Paris University

Answer 73

about 50

Question 74

What did Harvey prove about the heart

Answer 74

it was a pump

Question 75

what did Harvey prove about veins

Answer 75

they carry blood and not air like galen said

Question 76

Who proved that the 4 humours were wrong

Answer 76

Harvey

Question 77

what was the significance of Harvey proving the 4 humours wrong

Answer 77

others could find other solutions to medicine