1250-1500 Medieval Flashcards
Who treated the sick?
•Barber-surgeons
•Care in the home
•Apothecaries
•Physicians
What were the qualities of Barber surgeons? (4)
•No training
•Carried out bloodletting, pulling teeth and lancing boils
•basic surgery e.g. amputating limbs (low success rate)
•Cost less than a physician
What were the qualities of Care in home (2)
•Most ill people throughout this period were treated at him by a female family member
•Village “wise woman” would tend to people in their homes for free
What were the qualities of Apothecaries? (3)
•Received training but no medical qualifications.
•Mixed medicines and ointments based on their own knowledge of a physician.
•Cost money (but less than a physician)
What were the qualities of Physician? (4)
•Medically trained at university
•Diagnosed illnesses and have treatment, (or sent them to the apothecary or barber surgeon)
•Expensive, mainly used by wealthy
•Very few of them.
What would physicians do to diagnose patients commonly?
Observe symptoms, check their pulse, skin colour and urine.
What would the doctors do with Zodiac charts to help diagnose the illness?
Consult it to find best time to treat patient.
What was rarer, physicians treating
the patient themselves of sending them to apothecary or barber-surgeon?
Rarer: treating them themselves
Who would stay at hospitals while on their journeys?
Pilgrims and travellers
Usually, what would happen with those who had infectious diseases or incurable conditions?
Wouldn’t be admitted
Since most hospitals were run by the church, what was there an emphasis on?
God/healing souls/Care over cure
What were the patients surroundings like in the hospitals?
Very clean
What were patients given plenty of?
Food and rest
Who would often stay at hospitals when on their journeys?
Travellers and pilgrims
Since the hospitals were run by the church, what was there an emphasis on?
God/ healing souls/ care over cure.
What would usually happen with those who had infectious diseases or incurable conditions?
Not admitted
How were the conditions of the patients surrounding kept in hospitals?
Very clean
What were patients given plenty of?
Fresh food and plenty of rest
