The Developments in Medicine in the Renaissance

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1. Briefly describe the main developments in the Medical Renaissance

One development was that Harvey discovered blood was pumped around the body by the heart and it was the same blood being pumped rather than new blood created by the liver. Also, Vesalius discovered there was 1 jaw bone instead of 2 and there were 5 breast bones instead of 7. Pare also made developments as he developed false limps, ligatures and discovered a new method of cauterising wounds - he used egg yolk, honey, oil of roses and turpentine.

. Explain why the work of Paré is important in the history of surgery

Paré’s discoveries of herbal remedies impacted the future because Paré questioned Galen’s ideas and theories inspiring others to also question Galen and look for more natural and different ideas. This impacted surgery because Galen’s ideas were not all correct, therefore with more people questioning his ideas, there was more progress and understanding of basic surgery.
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Also, it was Paré who discovered ligatures and false limbs, which are all important to surgery. Although there were problems with ligatures, they were less painful and flase limbs were used to help many people. Paré was also able to discover a new method instead of using boiling oil - he used egg yolk, honey, oil of roses and turpentine. Although his discovery was chance, it was him that looked for another solution when the oil had run out. Without this discovery many people may have died, therefore Paré work is important in the history of surgery.

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