? starter activity

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? starter activity
How did these developments help medicine?
?Extension. Which potentially had the greatest
impact?
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How did Vesalius change the way the human body
was studied?
? LOs

• To define explain the term Renaissance
• To assess what was so revolutionary about
  Vesalius work

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? Your task

• Read p.80-1. Add the word Renaissance to your
  glossary.
• List the things that were reborn in the
  Renaissance (c.1500-1700)
• ?Extension. What factors caused the Renaissance?
  Who were reluctant to challenge old ideas and why?

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Renaissance - rebirth

• Interest in Greeks and Romans, especially ancient
  texts and culture
• Value attached to education
• New translations, e.g. Galen
• New spirit of enquiry people questioned
  established ideas much more, e.g. religion, Four
  Humours

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? Your task

• Watch this clip from the BBC series on the
  history of surgery, Blood Guts. Note down
  what was so revolutionary about Vesalius
  approach to medicine.
• Who might resist his ideas?

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Vesalius

• Dissected human bodies not animals like Galen
• Challenged Galens ideas on human anatomy
• Used new technology printing press to
  circulate his ideas (Da Vinci never published)
• Prepared to break the law challenge authorities
  to test out his ideas

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? Your task

• Work in pairs. Use the information on p. 86-7 to
  write an interview with Vesalius. Ask him about
  the following things
• Early career
• Fabric of the Human Body
• Disagreements with Galen
• Printing artists
• Challenges he faced

Vesalius
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? Homework

• Finish your interview. Make sure you both print
  out and keep a copy for your notes.
• ?Extension. Why not try to get hold of a copy of
  Blood Guts and read about Vesalius. Produce a
  factoid on his life based on your reading

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? Plenary

• Define Renaissance
• Define medical renaissance
• Vesalius 3 contributions to medicine
• Vesalius challenges?
• ?Extension. How much of a medical pioneer was
  Vesalius?