How did the introduction of Printing Press, and the involvement of The Royal Society and Thomas Sydenham change attitudes towards the cause of illness and disease within 1500-1700? (12 Mark question at GCSE)
Don't have to write full answer, just sum up points and explain how it changes attitudes of people towards the cause of illness and disease.
Don't have to write full answer, just sum up points and explain how it changes attitudes of people towards the cause of illness and disease.
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Explanation:
Printing Press = allowed new medical ideas to be published very fast and took the power of publishing out of the hands of the church so they could not publish Galen's ideas only and this led to the change of attitudes towards the cause of illness and disease within 1500-1700.
Royal Society = Allowed new ideas to flourish and then would make annual journals on the new ideas on the causes of illness and disease. Also had a royal charter from the king so this gained them influence and people in society would listen to them so they changed attitudes towards the cause of illness and disease within 1500-1700.
Thomas Sydenham = he was named the "English Hippocrates" and he relied on observation rather than books by Galen and Hippocrates when diagnosing patients illness which was a change from Medival methods of treating each of the symptoms differently. His ideas were very modern and laid the foundations for a more scientific approach to medicine in the 18th century and onwards. This led to society lose interest and popularity in the Theory of the 4 humors. Therefore, change attitudes towards the cause of illness and disease within 1500-1700 due to Thomas Sydenham.
Personally, I believe that the most important factor was the printing press.
All you have to do now is to add dates, names and arrange it into a peel paragraph.
