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Last updated 1 September 2016
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Useful keywords
- Medical Renaissance
- William Harvey
- Andreas Vesalius
- Ambroise Pare
Make sure you also understand how medicine operated during the Middle Ages / Medieval Era to understand the changes.
What was medicine like during the Renaissance period?
You only need to watch up to 4:40
Gemma Davies. (2012, June 5). The Renaissance-medicine through time GCSE revision [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8srFfLfbF5c
Non fiction print resources
Romanek, T. (2010). Great ideas of the Renaissance. St Catherines, Ontario: Crabtree
940.21 ROM
This book has a fantastic section on the changes that took place during the Renaissance.
Reynoldson, F. (1996) Medicine through time. Oxford: Heinemann
610.9 REY
This book gives a clear summary of both medieval and Renaissance medicine so you can see the changes that took place during the Renaissance.
Ward, B. (2000). The story of medicine. London: Lorenz.
610.9 WAR
This has a great summary ofthe changes to medicine during the Renaissance.
Claybourne, A. (2008). The Renaissance. Oxford: Raintree.
940.21 CLA
This book has a really good summary of illnesses and medicine during the Renaissance.
Elliott, L. (2009). The Renaissance in Europe. New York: Crabtree Publishing Company.
940.2 ELL
This book gives a great summary of health and medicine during the Renaissance.
eBooks
Online Databases
Websites
- Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry. (2004). 1400 – 1700: the renaissance. Retrieved August 29, 2016, from http://abpischools.org.uk/res/coResourceImport/resources04/history/history7.cfm
- Comparative anatomy: Andreas Vesalius. (n.d.). Retrieved August 30, 2016, from http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/history_02
- Gascoigne, B. (n.d.). History of medicine: 16th – 18th century. Retrieved August 29, 2016, from http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?ParagraphID=kvb
- Matthews, D. (2016). William Harvey reveals the circulation of the blood. Retrieved August 30, 2016, from http://www.historyextra.com/feature/william-harvey-reveals-circulation-blood
- The medical Renaissance. (n.d.). Retrieved August 29, 2016, from http://goffs.herts.sch.uk/documents/history/gcse/medicine/medrenrevisionlesson.pdf
- Medieval and Renaissance medicine. (n.d.). Retrieved August 29, 2016, from http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/shp/middleages/
This website provides a good overview of medicine during the Renaissance.
- Renaissance medicine recap. (n.d.). Retrieved August 29, 2016, from http://resources.hwb.wales.gov.uk/VTC/ngfl/history/Medicinerecap/index.htm
- The self-publicist whose medical text books caused a stir. (2014). Retrieved August 30, 2016, from http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-30027161
This web page may provide ideas for your museum piece.
- Vesalius: Renaissance rebel and pioneer of modern anatomy. (2015). Retrieved August 30, 2016, from http://www.vesaliusfabrica.com/en/vesalius.html
- Warren, C., & Bushnell, N. (2009). Medicine and treatment. Edexcel GCSE History B: schools history project – medicine and surgery student book. Harlow: Pearson. Retrieved from http://www.pearsonschoolsandfecolleges.co.uk/AssetsLibrary/SECTORS/Secondary/SUBJECT/HistoryandSocialScience/PDFs/Medicinestudentbooksample.pdf
- Westfield School. (n.d.). The medical renaissance. Retrieved August 29, 2016, from http://www.westfieldschoolsheffield.org.uk/media/faculty-humanities/Medical_Renaissance.pdf
- Medical knowledge and beliefs in Renaissance Italy. (2005). Retrieved August 29, 2016, from http://www.open.edu/openlearn/history-the-arts/history/history-science-technology-and-medicine/history-medicine/medical-knowledge-and-beliefs-renaissance-italy
- Toulouse. A. (n.d.). Andreas Vesalius. Retrieved August 29, 2016, from http://www.ucc.ie/en/vesalius/vesaliusbiography/
- University of Virginia. (n.d.). Andreas Vesalius. Retrieved August 30, 2016, from http://exhibits.hsl.virginia.edu/treasures/andreas-vesalius-1514-1564/
This web page may provide ideas for your museum piece.
Videos
- Herber History. (2014). Medicine through time bitesize revision [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OptEth-pPnc
Watch the section between 33.13 and 42.12 for the section on Renaissance medicine
- Renaissance medicine – the work of Vesalius, Pare and Harvey. (n.d.). Retrieved August 29, 2016, from http://www.revisegcsehistory.co.uk/?page_id=169
- World Science Festival. (2014, December 18). Misunderstood geniuses: William Harvey [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NOU4McjtXs
- AbeBooks.com. (2014). Andreas Vesalius’ De Humani Corporis Fabrica (On The Fabric of the Human Body) or The Fabrica [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJqbgxgcsUs
- DigitalStories-HD. (2013, September 15). Andreas Vesalius [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4akYJ4ZVZg
- William Harvey and the circulation of the blood [Video file]. (n.d.). Retrieved August 29, 2016, from https://wellcomecollection.org/william-harvey-and-circulation-blood
This is an older film but it is still interesting.
- University of Cambridge. (2014). Vesalius’s anatomical art [Video file]. Retrieved from http://upload.sms.cam.ac.uk/media/1747291