Renaissance c.1500 - c.1700 Flashcards
(24 cards)
how did attitudes change in the Renaissance era?
-religious ideas were rejected
-science and experiments were encouraged
what made it easier to experiment in the Renaissance Era?
advancements in technology - microscopes and thermometers
when was the printing press created?
1440AD
how did The Church slowly lose control over medical texts?
printing press was created, texts were easier to spread and was also cheaper
what happened to education?
-became more affordable
-experiments encouraged
-Cambridge University Press as opened
what idea was being promoted by the Church that people didn’t believe?
people began to recognise that God did not send disease, however they still believed God sent epidemics such as The Great Plague
when did the Four Humours Theory get disproved?
1700
who still believed in the Four Humours even though it was disproved?
ordinary people
what new chemical was used to carry out purging?
a small dose of antimony
having a balanced lifestyle would keep what?
the humours balanced
what theory was still very popular?
Miasma
what did people no longer do to prevent miasma and why?
bathed - the disease syphilis was connected to public baths
what was the idea of contagion?
that seeds in the air caused disease
what cause of disease was no longer used in the Renaissance era?
Astrology
what 3 new treatments were introduced in the Renaissance era?
-herbal remedies to match the illness (saffron to cure jaundice)
-transference (transferring the illness to an objects)
-remedies from the New World ( opium and tobacco)
who was Ambroise Pare?
a barber surgeon who discovered treating gunshots with egg yolk, turpentine and rose oil was more effective than cauterisation
what did Andreas Vesalius do?
-wrote ‘The Fabric of the Human Body’
-disproved Galen by dissecting stolen dead bodies from graves
what did William Harvey discover, and who did he disprove?
-he discovered that blood pumped around the body
-disproved Galen’s theory that blood was produced in the liver
how did healers in the Renaissance era changer from those in the Medieval era?
-apothecaries had access to new chemicals for remedies
-dissection became legal to physicians
-hospitals began to treat people’s health and offer medicine
when was the Great Plague and what era?
1665, Renaissance
how many people does in London because of the Great Plague?
100,000
what three things did people believe caused the Great Plague?
-miasma
-contagion
-punishment for sin
what three treatments were used to try and cure the Great Plague?
-transference
-making patients sweat
-herbal remedies
what three preventions were used to try and stop catching the Great Plague?
-smoking tobacco
-banned public gatherings
-quarantines ( doors marked with red X)
