WALT: Evaluate the

work of Vesalius.WILFs.

E – Describe the work of Vesalius.

C – Explain the factors involved in Vesalius’ work.

A – Evaluate the work of Vesalius and his impact on medical understanding.

Q. What was significant about

the Renaissance period?

In under 45 words. Describe the renaissance period….

What happened?

Renaissance.

• Renaissance is shorthand for a period in European History when Ancient Greek and Roman ideas became fashionable, among the rich and educated.

• European exploration in Africa and the Americans led to new attitudes and a search for knowledge. Meanwhile changes in religion as the reformation, led to a decline in the Church’s Authority, even though most people remained very strongly religious.

• In Britain the Royal Society was set up in 1660 by educated people who wished to discuss new ideas.

Andreas Vesalius

1514-1564

‘The Fabric of the Human Body’

1543

So who was he ?http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/andreas-vesalius/3307.html

Task:

You will have 12 minutes to

come up with as much

information as possible

about Vesalius.

You need to complete a

conversation between

Vesalius and various other

historical figures.

To answer…

• Who was Vesalius ?

• What did he do ?

• Where did he study ?

• What did he discover ?

• What was his book ?

• What did he do that was significant…• What factors helped him?

WWW ?EBI ?

All will be able to… describe and explain the work of Andreas Vesalius. (D)

Factors involved …Question –

What factors helped Vesalius develop and promote his theories …

There were several factors involved in allowing Vesalius to develop his theories such as the …

There were significant factors involved in allowing Vesalius to promote his ideas… Without them he wouldn’t have been as significant …

FACTORS

Significance …

How significant was Andreas Vesalius to the history of medicine…

Vesalius was significant to the history of medicine as he …

However the theories of Galen weren’t yet abandoned …

Therefore …

Vesalius showed that some of Galen’s ideas were wrong. Many doctors refused

to believe him, but his work did encourage doctors to question ancient ideas

rather than just accept them.

In the long-term, Vesalius’s work on anatomy was of huge importance and helped

doctors make new discoveries about the way the body worked.

Find the Fiction …Write down ONE TRUE statement that you have learnt from today’s lesson and TWO FALSE statements from todays lesson.

Vesalius was born in the 14th Century

Vesalius is Roman for God

Vesalius was born in the renaissance.

Vesalius’ famous book was known as the …

Vesalius was …

Vesalius is …

Question: How significant was Vesalius to the History of medicine?

Vesalius was significant to the history of medicine as he …

- Showed some of the ideas of Galen were wrong;

- The septum (heart) did not have holes in it.

- The lower jaw was made up of a single bone not two (as in monkeys and pigs).

- Importance in medical training;

- His illustrations were detailed.

- His book was able to be published because of the printing press.

Therefore … (How do these prove that Galen was important?)

P - However the theories of Galen weren’t yet abandoned …

E – As some of doctors refused to accept them…

E – Such as Caius …

This is your EXPLANATION.

This is your POINT.

This is your EVIDENCE.

Sources“The jaw of most animals is formed of two bones joined together at the apex of the chin where the lower jaw ends in a point. In a man, however, the lower jaw is formed of a single bone … Galen and most of the skilled dissectors after the time of Hippocrates asserted that the jaw is not a single bone. However this may be, so far no human jaw has come to my attention constructed of two bones”