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Factors affecting change (Medieval & Renaissance) - Coggle Diagram
Factors affecting change
(Medieval & Renaissance)
Chance
War
New weapons introduced e.g. English Civil War and the musket = led to new ways of treating new wounds
Individuals
Thomas Sydenham
Andreas Vesalius
William Harvey
Galen
Hippocrates
Science & Technology
Printing Press
Microscopes
1683, Antony van Leeuwenhoek, a Dutch scientist, he was able to observe ‘animalcules’ or ‘little animals’
Government
Henry VIII dissolution of monasteries in 1536 - prevented medical care from reaching poorer areas of society - affecting medical treatment in the Renaissance
Charles II who was a advocate for the Royal Society
How governments dealt with Black Death, 1348 and The Great Plague 1665
Improved Communications
Printing Press invented in 1440 by Joseph Guttenberg
Attitudes & Beliefs
Ideas about the causes of disease = held back by continued beliefs in Religion and Miasma as the main causes of disease
Galen's theories still widely supported until Vesalius and Harvey disprove them
Teamwork
Royal Society, 1660
Group of scientist who came together to share ideas about medicine and reasearch - published their work in a medicala journal for all to read