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WorksheetsRenaissance Medicine
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
Which 'A' related to new 'chemical cures'?
Alchemy
Anatomy
Animalcules
Which 'A' is the study how the human body works?
Alchemy
Anatomy
Animalcules
Which 'A' was the name for newly observed germs?
Alchemy
Anatomy
Animalcules
Which invention played a large part in the decline of the Church's influence in society?
(a)
Where were many physicians trained in anatomy and the scientific approach to medicine?
University of Cambridge
University of Paris
University of Madrid
University of Padua
Which medical idea didn't change at all throughout this period?
Anatomy
Miasma
Supernatural ideas about causes
Theory of the four humours
Who said that physicians should examine their patients and take detailed case notes?
Harvey
Royal Society
Sydenham
Vesalius
Who helped spread new ideas and knowledge about science through publishing books, journals and holding meetings?
Harvey
Royal Society
Sydenham
Vesalius
Who discovered that the blood circulated round the body, and wasn't generated in the liver, disproving Galen?
Harvey
Royal Society
Sydenham
Vesalius
How many of Galen's mistakes about human anatomy did Vesalius correct?
Over 10
Over 50
Over 300
Over 1000
Henry VIII impacted care for the sick through the (a) of the monasteries.
What was a pest house?
A place to treat people with minor illness
A place to treat specific infectious disease such as leprosy
A place to treat rats and fleas
A place to treat criminals
Tick all ways that the Great Plague was the same as the Black Death
People prayed for cure
The government enforced quarantines
People used herbs and flowers to prevent and treat it
The government sent inspectors out to find infected people
People turned to lucky charms
Tick ways that the Great Plague was different from the Black Death
The government enforced quarantines
The government killed cats and dogs
People used herbs and flowers to prevent and treat it
Large public gatherings were banned
People believed it was a punishment from God
