Which new idea was not held in the medieval period about the causes of disease?
Animalcules
Miasma theory
Imbalance of the four humours
What new technology was especially important in helping to spread new medical ideas between c.1500 and c.1700?
Microscope
Mechanical pump
Printing press
What was created in 1660 to develop scientific ideas?
The printing press
The Royal Society
The University of Cambridge
How did Andreas Vesalius learn more about the human body?
Dissecting animals
Dissecting human corpses
Reading the books of Galen
What was the title of Vesalius’ book?
On the Fabric of the Human Body
Observationes Medicae
An Anatomical Account of the Motion of the Heart and Blood
Which Renaissance doctor developed new ideas about how to diagnose illness in a patient?
William Harvey
Andreas Vesalius
Thomas Sydenham
How were hospitals in Renaissance England funded?
Through charity
By the Church
By the monarch
What did William Harvey discover about the human body?
That the four humours did not exist
How blood circulates around the body
That bacteria could cause infection
Which infectious disease killed thousands in the Renaissance period?
Miasma
The Black Death
The Great Plague
What method was ordered to be used by the mayor of London to ‘clean the air’ during the Great Plague?
Wearing charms to ward away disease
Burning barrels of tar
Placing posies above the doorway of a residence