Renaissance Source questions
2011
a)Study Sources A and B How far does Source B prove that understanding of plague had improved since the time of Source A? Use the sources and your own knowledge to explain your answer. [6]
2010
a)Study Source A. What can you learn from this source about medicine in the sixteenth century? Use the source and your own knowledge in your answer. [5]
b) Study Source B. “This sources shows that Paré’s discoveries depended on luck”. How far do you agree with this statement? Use the source and your own knowledge in your answer.[5]
c) Study Source C. Are you surprised that these treatments were still being used towards the end of the Medical Renaissance? Use the source and your own knowledge in your answer. [5]
2008
(c) Study Source D What can you learn from this source about medical knowledge in 1500? Use the source and your own knowledge to explain your answer. [5]
2007
(a)Study Source A Would Pare have approved of the method described in Source A? Use the source and your own knowledge to explain your answer. [5]
2002
(b) Study Source B Why was Vesalius able to help advances in medicine? Use the source and your knowledge to explain your answer. [5]
(c) Study Sources B and C How far does Source C prove that Harvey is more important than Vesalius in the history of medicine? Use the sources and your knowledge to explain your answer. [5]
(c) Study Sources B and C Was Galen likely to have approved of the ideas and work of Vesalius and Harvey? Use the sources and your knowledge to explain your answer. [5]
2001
(b) Study Source B Why was Vesalius able to show that Galen’s ideas about the structure of the human body were sometimes wrong? Use the source and your knowledge to explain your answer. [5]
SOURCE D A drawing from 1684 showing King Charles II touching people to cure them of King’s Evil (scrofula) (c) Study Sources C, D and E Are you surprised that the treatments described in Source E were being used at that time? Use the sources and your knowledge to explain your answer. [5]