Renaissance approaches to treatment and prevention
I can evaluate the effectiveness of Renaissance approaches to the treatment and prevention of disease.
Renaissance approaches to treatment and prevention
I can evaluate the effectiveness of Renaissance approaches to the treatment and prevention of disease.
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Key learning points
- Many medieval treatments remained common in the Renaissance period.
- New American plants were used in treatments.
- There was a rise in quack medicine.
- Religion and ancient ideas, like miasma, continued to influence many methods of prevention.
- People with infectious diseases were sometimes isolated to prevent the disease spreading further.
Keywords
Humoural - something related to the medical Theory of the Four Humours
Quack - used to refer to people or medical practices which are useless and untrustworthy
Fasting - a period of time when someone avoids eating, often for religious reasons
Common misconception
Criticisms of bloodletting meant it was practiced less.
Bloodletting and other humoural treatments remained popular and were even used to try and treat King Charles II in 1685.
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