Ideas: a scientific approach (Edexcel GCSE History): Flashcards
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Time period of scientific revolution in medicine
Time period of scientific revolution in medicine
c1500-c1700 (Renaissance period)
Key shift in Renaissance medicine thinking
Key shift in Renaissance medicine thinking
Questioning ancient theories, seeking rational explanations
Change in views on supernatural disease causes
Change in views on supernatural disease causes
Fewer accepted illness as purely God's will
New theory: what in air could spread illness?
New theory: what in air could spread illness?
Seeds in the air
Effect of declining Church authority on medicine
Effect of declining Church authority on medicine
More willing to question traditional medical explanations
Theory that disease caused by 'bad air'
Theory that disease caused by 'bad air'
Miasma theory
Ancient Greek theory still believed by 1700
Ancient Greek theory still believed by 1700
Four humours (blood, phlegm, yellow bile, black bile)
What physicians stopped using for diagnosis?
What physicians stopped using for diagnosis?
Astrological charts and urine charts
Key change in physician practices during Renaissance
Key change in physician practices during Renaissance
Direct examination of patients rather than just asking
Thomas Sydenham's location and time period
Thomas Sydenham's location and time period
London, 1660s-1670s
Sydenham's revolutionary medical approach
Sydenham's revolutionary medical approach
Observation of patients over book learning
Sydenham's book title and publication year
Sydenham's book title and publication year
Observationes Medicae, 1676
Sydenham's idea about diseases
Sydenham's idea about diseases
Diseases are separate entities affecting people predictably
Impact of scientific approach on medical records
Impact of scientific approach on medical records
Systematic documentation and detailed symptom recording