Thesis: The reason that medical theory in the Scientific Revolution advanced rapidly was because it broke away from its ancient roots of keeping health levels balanced and became more focused on the prevention and curing of diseases.
Definitions:
Galen: Greek physician,anatomist, and physiologist. He codified existing medical knowledge and his authority continued until the Renaissance
Aristotelianism: The philosophy of Aristotle that deals with logic and metaphysics and ethics and poetics and politics and natural science; "Aristotelianism profoundly influenced Western thought"
Cauterization: burn the skin or flesh of (a wound ) with a heated instrument or caustic substance, typically to stop bleeding or prevent the wound from becoming infected.
Humours: each of the four chief fluids of the body (blood, phlegm, yellow bile [choler], and black bile [melancholy]) that were thought to determine a person's physical and mental qualities by the relative proportions in which they were present.
Will have to add definitions of certain diseases, specialized equipment, and techniques as needed.
Sources:
Modern History Sourcebook will provide many primary sources
Paintings and journal entries of patients and doctors will also be used as primary sources.
Dictionaries (Oxford and American Heritage) will be used for definitions
Secondary sources such as Suite101, Wikisites and Sparknotes will be used until primary sources with more reliable information are found.
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I. Galenic methods and practices were becoming obsolete, and new ideas were being ushered in
A. He had thought that a true physician was also a philosopher and this influenced his thoughts
B. Galenic practices were comparable to Aristotle's natural philosophy
1. Analyzed the body in terms of air, earth, water, and fire
C. In the Scientific Revolution, cures for sicknesses were being found, rather than maintaining balance.
II. Syphilis, thought to be a new disease, caused a new branch of science to develop
A. A cure for syphilis had to be found, as the ancients seemed to have no information on it.
B. The traditional methods and medicine did little to syphilis.
III. The New World directly influenced medicine
A. Syphilis was thought to be brought from the New World, as were many other diseases.
B. Plants with medicinal properties were said to be native to the New World
1. These plants could be used by physician- ground up and used as virtually anything
IV. Paracelsus advocated for the use of chemicals in medicine
A. His views were that everything relied on the harmony of man
1. Each planet corresponded to a metal, which corresponded to a part of the body
B. Sickness were caused by chemical reactions and could be cured with the same basic principles.
V. Sterilization
A. It was not known exactly what infections could be contracted when dirty instruments were used on the human body, but it was not an accepted practices
B. The main method of sterilization was cauterization- burning the blood vessels shut
VI. The heart and its importance
A. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1628harvey-blood.html
VII. Vesalius and anatomy
A. Considered himself a scientific "progressive"
B. Worked mainly with cadavers to discover the secrets of the human body
VIII. Conclusion
The ideas of many men in the Scientific Revolution shaped traditional medicine. They renounced most of the old views of ancient medical figures. Great advances in medicine were made in the Scientific Revolution.
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