Renaissance: causes, diagnosis, prevention, treatments,

Question 1

Did Renaissance people believe God caused illness as much as they did in the Middle Ages?

Answer 1

God’s role in illness was widely believed due to the power of the Catholic Church.

Question 2

What continued in Renaissance treatment, from the Middle Ages?

Answer 2

• Bleeding
• sweating
• purging were still popular humoural treatments
• Herbal remedies

Question 3

What was the belief of constitution?

Answer 3

The belief that someone being small or weak explained premature death.

Question 4

What change was there, in Renaissance treatment, from the Middle Ages?

Answer 4

• Transference-related treatments
• Iatrochemistry (chemical cures)
• New herbal remedies - more overseas exploration

Question 5

What new herbal remedies were introduced to Britain in the Renaissance, as a result of overseas exploration?

Answer 5

• Coffee

- Cinchona bark from Peru.

Question 6

What was iatrochemistry?

Answer 6

Chemical cures

Question 7

Give an example of a book which related to iatrochemistry.

Answer 7

The Pharmacopoeia Londinensis detailed 122 chemical treatments,

Question 8

What continued in Renaissance preventions, from the Middle Ages?

Answer 8

• Humoural attitudes remained.
• Avoiding miasma
• Regimen Sanitatis preventions/treatments.

Question 9

What change was there, in Renaissance preventions, from the Middle Ages?

Answer 9

• Quarantining the sick
• Pest houses
• Bathing became less popular as it was thought to spread syphilis
• miasma became more relevant

Question 10

What continued in Renaissance diagnosis, from the Middle Ages?

Answer 10

• Theory of opposites

- Astrology