Medicine during the Renaissance (15th+16th century) + Arabic Medicine – Flashcards
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Who was Leonardo da Vinci?
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An Italian Renaissance polymath: painter, sculptor, architect, musician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist and writer
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How many dissections, anatomical sketches and drawings did he do?
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30 dissections, 750 anatomical sketches, over 1,500 anatomical drawings
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Where are 200 of his sketches and writings kept?
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Royal Library at Windsor castle
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Did he ever understand the blood circulation?
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No, he relied on Galen's description of "pores" between the ventricles
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What did he describe?
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cardiac valves and the movements of the lung
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Who was Albrecht Dürer?
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a German painter
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What did he write?
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the first anatomic textbook for painters (1528)
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Who was Rases?
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philosopher and musician, studied medicine at 40
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What was he the first person to do?
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-first description of measles (differentiated it from smallpox)
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What are his most famous books?
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comprehensive book of medicine, mansurias book of medicine, spiritual physic (troubles of the soul)
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What's so special about him?
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He was among the first to use houmorism and was the the father of pediatrics and a pioneer of ophthalmology
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Who was Avicenna?
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Jurist, philosopher, physician ('Prince of physicians')
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What did Avicenna describe?
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brain tumor development - difference pleurisy, mediastinitis
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What books did he write?
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The Canon of Medicine (used until 17th century)
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What was described in these books?
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Described environmental causes, different diseases and methods for preparing drugs
