renaissance

Question 1

Thomas Sydenham

Answer 1

“English Hippocrates”

1624-1689

he decided that each disease was different and need to be identified
each disease require a different cure

Question 2

continuity during the renassiance

Answer 2

many of the same ideas that come from Hippocrates and Galen were still being used

Question 3

the influence of the printing press:1440

Answer 3

the printing press allowed medical texts and illustrations to be produced and distributed much faster

cheaper as well

more people were able to access medical knowledge which led to more debates about the current medical theories

The ability to print challenged the long-held authority of figures like Galen, whose medical theories had been largely unchallenged for centuries

Question 4

continuity in preventing disease

Answer 4

-four humours
-herbal remedies
-miasma
-superatural beliefs

Question 5

change in what people tho

Question 6

what was the Royal Society?

Answer 6

it was a newly founded scientific society in London established to foster scientific inquiry through experiments, discussions and the sharing of new discoveries

Question 7

William Harvey

Answer 7

Harvey demonstrated that blood circulates continuously throughout the body pumped by the heart through a system of arteries and veins

Question 8

how did Harvey challenge Galen’s ideas?

Answer 8

challenged the long-held beliefs of Galen who though that blood was produced in the liver and used as fuel

Question 9

impact of Vesalius on illness

Answer 9

improved knowledge of anatomy-vesalius proved that many of Galen’s ideas in the medieval time were wrong. Galen had based his work on animal dissections but Vesalius dissected human bodies. He therefore showed that there is differences in human and animal anatomy. for example he discovered that the jaw bone was made up of two bones instead of one

published detailed anatomical books-in 1543 he published “the fabric of the human body” which contained accurate and detailed drawings of the human bod. these illustrations helped spread knowledge across Europe and used by medical students and doctors for many years

Question 10

Thomas Sydenham impacts

Answer 10

emphasised observation and diagnosis: believed that doctors should closely observe patients’ symptoms rather than rely on old texts (Galen)
helped shift medicine towards a more scientific, evidence based approach