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| Questão | Responda |
| What do we call the period of European history when ancient Greek and Roman ideas became fashionable, among the rich and educated? | The Renaissance |
| What period of change led to a decline in the churches authority? | The Reformation |
| Which organisation was set up in 1660 in Britain by educated people who wished to discuss new ideas? | Royal Society |
| Who was professor of surgery at Padua university, Italy in 1543? | Andreas Vesalius |
| Which book did Andreas Vesalius publish that included drawings of muscles, nerves, organs and skeletons based upon dissections? | The Fabric of the Human Body |
| Galen said the heart had a septum with holes in it, what did Vesalius prove? | That the septum did not have holes in it |
| Galen said that the liver had five parts or lobes, what did Vesalius prove? | The liver did not have any lobes |
| Galen said the lower jaw was made up of two bones, what did Vesalius prove? | That this was true for monkeys and pigs but in humans it was a single bone. |
| Galen said the sternum had seven parts, what did Vesalius prove? | That the sternum had only three parts. |
| What was invented in Germany in the mid-15th century that made it easy to produce copies of Vesalius' work quickly and cheaply? | The printing press |
| Which Englishman proved that Galen was wrong about veins and blood? | William Harvey |
| What did William Harvey discover about veins? | They only carry blood not blood and air |
| What did William Harvey discover about how blood is manufactured? | It is not manufactured by the liver and it is not used up by the body - it circulates around the body |
| What did William Harvey discover about how blood is manufactured? | It is not manufactured by the liver and it is not used up by the body - it circulates around the body |
| What book did Harvey publish in 1628? | An Anatomical Account of the motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals. |
| What did Harvey say the heart acted as? | A pump |
| Why were Harvey's ideas not accepted by many people at the time? | Harvey did not have the technology to prove capillaries existed, so was unable to prove conclusively that blood circulated. |
| Which Dutch scientist developed better lenses for microscopes? | Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek |
| When Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek used his improved microscopes he discovered bacteria, what did he call bacteria in a letter to the Royal Society in 1673? | Animalcules |
| Why did Harvey's and Vesalius' work have little impact on medicine and treatment in the renaissance? | It was based on physiology (how the body functions) rather than on the cause or treatment of illness. |
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