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medieval Britain is the period between………. also known as ……… or the middle ages.
1250-1500
13th-16th century
Britain’s first hospital…….was set up in…….in….
St.Bartholomew
London
1123
the black death affects England; killing…..of the population.in….
1/3
1348
parliament passes the first law requiring……………..to be kept clean by the people in……
streets and rivers
1388
average life expectancy was………in….
35 years old
1350
a belief not based on knowledge, but in the supernatural like god, witchcraft or astrology.
superstition
to rid the body of ‘excess’ like blood or vomit.
purging
the use of leeches for bloodletting.
leeching
using glass cups to draw blood to the surface.
cupping
to avoid eating or drinking.
fasting
a journey to religious shrine and relics to show your love of god and cure illness.
pilgrimage
public worship in the roman catholic church
mass
study of the planets and its affect on humans.
astrology
‘bad air’ which was blamed for spreading disease.
miasma
a medieval pharmacists or chemist.
apothecary
a female healer who used illnesses.they used herbal remedies.
wise woman
a medieval ‘medical’ book carried by doctors.
vademecum
used to examine urine to define illness.
urine chart
a male medically trained doctor.
physician
untrained surgeon who practised basic surgery.
barber surgeon
to cut open a human and examine the insides.
dissection
a widespread outbreak of a disease.
epidemic
a charm that brought ‘protection’ from disease.
amulet
a term to describe the bubonic plague.
black death
a building where monks live, eat and pray.
monastrey
the four humours
black bile, yellow bile, blood and phlegm.
