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Renaissance Medicine - GCSE History
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A #history Quiz! for Renaissance medicine in the #AQA Health and the People Syllabus
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1
What did William Harvey discover?
That the heart pumps blood around the body
The idea of cauterisation
That the liver made blood
The idea of ligatures to seal wounds
2
What happened to the number of hospitals and why?
It decreased as they were shut down
It increased as people privately funded them
It increased as more people were ill
It decreased as many burnt down and they thought it was God
3
What were some of the measures taken by the king during the Plague?
Banishing those who were infected out of London
Burning infected houses
Bleeding the infected
Rubbish cleared from the streets, public prayers, fasts
4
What revolutionary invention gave doctors the ability to closely inspect particles?
X-rays
Glasses
Magnifying glass
Telescope
5
Who experimented with the idea of inoculation and made the first vaccines?
John Hunter
Kylie Jenner
Edward Jenner
James Hunter
6
What are 'quacks'?
Salesmen who sold fake cures and claimed long unproven tales
Men who pretended to be ill to get money
Doctors who were bad at their jobs
People who pretended to be mad to get money
7
Approximately when was the 'Renaissance' period?
50 BC to 50 AD
1800 AD to 2000 AD
600 AD to 1000 AD
1450 AD to 1750 AD
8
What correlation did people begin to notice with disease?
Disease always came from areas with wells
The poor were often sick, and the rich were rarely ill
The king was never ill - so he was chosen by God
The rich were always sick
9
Who was John Hunter?
The creator of the vaccine
A former army surgeon, one of the best in the world
The 'Father of Scientific Surgery', trainer of Edward Jenner
Father of Jimmy Hunter
10
What changed in hospitals?
They used to be in town, now they were outside
Before they were where you rest, now they treated you
Before a lot more people died
They used to keep the windows closed
11
What was the Renaissance attitude?
To stick to the old, proven ways
To accept and explore new ideas
To disregard new scientific method
To test new ideas on the poor and see if they helped
12
Who is considered one of the 'fathers of modern surgery'?
James Sydenham
Ambroise Paré
Edgar Pope
Claude Poyet
13
What invention increased the number of books and distribution of knowledge?
Typewriters
Computers
Printing Presses
Better pens
14
Under what circumstances could a body be dissected?
If it was someone important
If it was a sick person
If it was an old person
If it was a criminal
15
What was the job of a 'Lady of the Manor'?
To make new scientific discoveries
To treat the men of the estate if they had a problem
To do the housework
16
What happened to Galen's works at the
beginning
of the Renaissance?
They were burnt and distrusted
They were disproven and disregarded
They were religiously copied and translated
They were followed and other ideas were disregarded
17
What anatomical practice was
finally
allowed by the church?
Organ donation
Urine tests
Dissection
Murder for bodies
18
What influence did Renaissance ideas have on the future of medicine?
Got rid of the old ideas and encouraged experimentation
Went with the Church and their holy cures
Decreased the influence of the church and their ideas
Encouraged sticking to the old ways
19
What still had
not
been invented, making operations extremely painful?
Soothing ointments
Bandages
Anaesthetics and painkillers
Stress balls
20
What did Edward Jenner actually discover?
That infection with cowpox protected from smallpox
That blood was pumped around the body by the heart
That scientific observation was not effective
That inoculation was a terrible idea and did not work
