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1
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What does Medical Renaissance mean?

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Re-birth

2
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Why was the Medical Renaissance the rebirth of medicine?

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The Catholic Church started to lose some of its power and educated people began to experiment and ask new questions particularly about the human body

3
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What did educated people begin to take interest in in the Medical Renaissance?

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Ideas of Ancient Greece and Rome

4
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The Medical Renaissance is remembered for its art with famous artists such as ________ __ _____ and ____________

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Leonardo Da Vinci and Michelangelo

5
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What technology was developed during the Medical Renaissance which allowed people to study tiny things?

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The microscope

6
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What did people study with microscopes?

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Human cells, including sperm

7
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True/False, the Medical Renaissance put an end to old beliefs about the causes of illness

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False, lots of people still believed in causes of illness such as religious causes, miasma, astrology and the four humours

8
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What did Leonardo Da Vinci Dissect?

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Bodies

9
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Leonardo Da Vinci discovered how the ___ worked

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Eye

10
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What did Leonardi Da Vinci draw?

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Accurate pictures of the human body

11
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Leonardo Da Vinci drew the first human ______

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Embryo

12
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Who were Leonardo Da Vinci’s drawings used by?

A

Physicians and Surgeons

13
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Why were Leonardo Da Vinci’s drawings a huge improvement compared to Medieval drawings?

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The Catholic Church had banned dissections in the Middle Ages - these new drawings were very important in developing medical knowledge

14
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Who was Vesalius?

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A Belgian who lived in Italy

15
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What did Vesalius develop?

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Knowledge of anatomy

16
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Why were Vesalius’ discoveries important?

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Was very important in showing how Galen had made mistakes

17
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Galen had only dissected _______ whilst Vesalius dissected the bodies of _______ _________

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animals, hanging criminals

18
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Galen said the heart was divided by a septum with holes in the middle so blood could pass through. Vesalius proved…

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there were no holes in the heart

19
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Galen said the human lower jaw was made of 2 bones. Vesalius proved…

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it was only 1 bone

20
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Galen said the liver was made of 5 parts. Vesalius proved…

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it was not divided into parts

21
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What book did Vesalius write?

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Fabric of the Human Body

22
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When was Fabric of the Human Body written?

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1543

23
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What did the Fabric of the Human Body contain?

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Superb drawings by some of the best Renaissance artists

24
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What did Vesalius write in the Fabric of the Human Body which angered the Catholic Church?

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He showed both men and women have the same number of ribs

25
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Why did what Vesalius wrote in the Fabric of the Human Body anger the Catholic Church?

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It went against the Church’s teachings that God had taken one of Adam’s ribs to create Eve

26
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Did the Fabric of the Human Body have a large impact?

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Yes - his writings influenced physicians all over Europe

27
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Who was Harvey?

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An English doctor who studied in Italy

28
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Who was Harvey the surgeon of?

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James I and Charles I

29
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True/False: Harvey studied in the same place as Vesalius in Italy

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True

30
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Galen said veins carried blood and air. Harvey proved…

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veins only carried blood

31
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Galen said blood was constantly being made by the liver because the blood was used up as it travelled around the body. Harvey proved…

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Blood circulates around the body and is pumped to the heart

32
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Harvey proved through his experiments that the heart acts as a ____

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pump

33
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Harvey proved that blood is constantly being circulated around the body. The heart…

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pumped the blood through the arteries and this blood is returned to the heart through the veins

34
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How did Harvey prove that the heart acts as a pump?

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Dissections

35
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What did Harvey dissect to prove that the heart acts as a pump?

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Frogs and criminals’ bodies

36
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What did Harvey do to frogs to prove that the heart acts as a pump?

A

Study their hearts

37
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What did Harvey do to criminals’ bodies to prove that the heart acts as a pump?

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Pushing wires down veins to show there were valves in the veins that helped the blood flow

38
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Where did Harvey publish his discoveries?

A

His book

39
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What was Harvey’s book called?

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On the Movement of the Heart and Blood in Animals

40
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True/False: Harvey’s discoveries made a massive difference to how patients were treated

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False, many thought he was a bit crazy and it took more than 50 years for universities to teach Harvey’s ideas. Even though he made a breakthrough in knowledge of the anatomy, it didn’t change treatments or make anyone better

41
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Why did Physicians’ training improve?

A

As a result of Vesalius and Harvey, knew more about the workings of the human body

42
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Where did Physicians go to train?

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Went to universities in England or Europe

43
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What did Physicians do at university?

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Take part in dissections so their knowledge of the body was more accurate

44
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What technological developments were university students helped by?

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The printing press and microscope

45
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Why was the printing press a significant technological development?

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Could publish copies of medical books very quickly

46
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Who was the Royal Society founded by?

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Charles II

47
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When was the Royal Society made?

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1660

48
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What was encouraged as a result of the Royal Society?

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New thinking in areas such as medicine

49
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Why was the Royal Society important?

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It was important for publishing new ideas, encouraging doctors and scientists to make and share new discoveries and created a climate of learning

50
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What did Charles II have built in one of his palaces?

A

A labatory

51
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Charles II spent a lot of money on promoting _______

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science

52
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What was the Royal Society founded with?

A

Money provided for new equipment and experiments

53
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Who did John Hunter give lectures to?

A

Doctors

54
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What did John Hunter give lectures about?

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Anatomy

55
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What did John Hunter emphasise?

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The importance of observing patients and experiments

56
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Who did John Hunter famously teach?

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Edward Jenner

57
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What did John Hunter include in his books, similarly to Vesalius?

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Artists to illustrate

58
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John Hunter improved understanding of…

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Pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections

59
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What did Thomas Sydenham encourage?

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Observations and experiments

60
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What did Thomas Sydenham say was the most important thing for a doctor to do?

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Observe his patients

61
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Why did Thomas Sydenham encourage doctors to visit patients and keep records of their health and symptoms?

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To help diagnose the illness

62
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What did Thomas Sydenham say about diseases?

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Not always caused by an imbalance in the Four Humours

63
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True/False: Thomas Sydenham believed zodiac charts were a great idea

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False, he did not believe that zodiac charts were a good idea

64
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What did Thomas Sydenham recommend instead of bleeding and purging?

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Rest and a good diet

65
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Thomas Sydenham discovered _______ fever

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scarlet

66
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What did Thomes Sydenham use for people with anaemia? (blood disorder)

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Iron

67
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laudenum

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A painkiller made from poppies

68
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True/False: Thomas Sydenham used laudenum

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True

69
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Why was Thomas Sydenham known as the ‘English Hippocrates’?

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Had a reputation for making patients get better

70
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True/False: Lots changed in terms of treatment from the Medieval times in the Medical Renaissance

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False, very little changed

71
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Who were herbal remedies predominantly made by in the Medical Renaissance?

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Women

72
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Were Apothecaries still around in the Medical Renaissance?

A

Yes

73
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True/False: Purging and bleeding continued in the Medical Renaissance

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True, due to the belief of the Four Humours

74
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Why did the belief of the Four Humours continue during the Medical Renaissance?

A

New scientific knowledge was about anatomy and physiology, not the causes of illness

75
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Religion still had a big/small role in the Medical Renaissance

A

big

76
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true/False: People believed that being touched by the king could cure diseases in the Medical Renaissance

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True, such as scrofula or the ‘King’s Evil’ (tuberculosis of the neck gland)

77
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True/False: Hospitals developed lots during the Medical Renaissance

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False, they stayed the same.

78
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What did Henry VIII close down which had run many of the hospitals before the Medical Renaissance?

A

Monasteries

79
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What took on running hospitals after monasteries?

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Town councils

80
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Hospitals were mainly a place to stay/receive treatment

A

stay

81
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St Batholomew’s in London was a notable exception to the way hospitals were run during the Medical Renaissance because…

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Nurses gave herbal remedies and nursing helpers were employed to clean the wards

82
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Who did St Batholomew’s in London ban?

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People who had infectious diseases

83
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True/False: St Batholomew’s in London continued with prayers

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True

84
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Were Physicians cheap or expensive during the Medical Renaissance?

A

Expensive - people could never afford to see one

85
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One notable change during the Medical Renaissance was the invention of f______

A

forceps

86
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What did forceps do?

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Helped deliver babies if they were stuck inside their mother

87
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What dangers came with using forceps?

A

Misuse caused damage and even death

88
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True/False: Anyone could get forceps

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False, only rich women would have them

89
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Were midwives expensive during the Medical Renaissance?

A

Yes

90
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How did people who couldn’t afford forceps give birth?

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With help from family or neighbours