1. Renaissance Source questions

2. 2011

3. 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]

4. 2010

5. 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]

6. 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]

7. 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]

8. 2008

9. (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]

10. 2007

11. (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]

12. 2002

13. (b) Study Source B Why was Vesalius able to help advances in medicine? Use the source and your knowledge to explain your answer. [5]

14. (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]

15. (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]

16. 2001

17. (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]

18. 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]