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Why Did This Happen?

Part of The Renaissance — GCSE History

This causation covers Why Did This Happen? within The Renaissance for GCSE History. Revise The Renaissance in Medicine Through Time for GCSE History with 8 exam-style questions and 5 flashcards. This topic appears regularly enough that it should still be part of a steady revision cycle. It is section 5 of 10 in this topic. Use this causation to connect the idea to the wider topic before moving on to questions and flashcards.

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Section 5 of 10

Practice

8 questions

Recall

5 flashcards

⛓️ Why Did This Happen?

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Exam Technique: Renaissance = Ideas Not Treatments Key Terms Setting the Scene Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564) — Anatomy Revolution

Practice Questions for The Renaissance

What was the title of the book Vesalius published in 1543?

A. The Fabric of the Human Body
B. On the Motion of the Heart
C. The Canon of Medicine
D. The Art of Surgery

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Why did Paré first use his cool salve (egg yolk, rose oil and turpentine) on gunshot wounds instead of boiling oil?

A. He had read in a medical textbook that cool salves were more effective
B. He ran out of boiling oil during a battle and had to improvise
C. A senior surgeon ordered him to try a new treatment on patients
D. He had conducted experiments showing that boiling oil killed patients

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Quick Recall Flashcards

What book did Vesalius publish in 1543?

The Fabric of the Human Body (De Humani Corporis Fabrica)

What did Paré use instead of boiling oil?

A cool salve of egg yolk, rose oil, and turpentine

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Exam Technique: Renaissance = Ideas Not Treatments

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