Ancient And Medieval Flashcards
Who developed the Theory of the Four Humours
Hippocrates
What did the Greeks consider to be a healthy body?
A balanced body
How did Hippocrates suggest the Greek doctors cure their patients?
Clinical observation
What were believed to be the four liquids inside the body?
Blood, phlegm, yellow bile, black bile
If someone had a fever how would the ancient doctors treat them?
Blood-letting
Who was Galen?
An anatomist and doctor who developed Hippocrates’ work
What did Galen call his theory?
Theory of Opposites
What did Galen prove about the body?
That the brain controlled the body not the heart
Who did Galen develop his early medical skills on?
Gladiators
How did fresh water arrive in Roman cities?
Aqueducts
What did the Roman sewers rely on to work effectively?
Rain water
How many people could visit the Roman baths in a week?
5000 people
Why were Roman latrines a good idea?
Stop people urinating in the streets
Who was Asclepius?
The God of Healing
Name two things that people thought caused disease in the Middle Ages
Miasma, punishment from God, bad air, planets out of line
How long were Galen’s ideas believed?
1500 years
Describe public health in the Middle Ages
No sanitation, open sewers, waste in streets, butchers throwing rotten meat out in streets, stewes rather than baths
Name 3 healers from the Middle Ages
Wise woman, family healer, apothecary, barber surgeon, trained physician, monks + nuns
Who controlled education in the Middle Ages?
The Catholic Church
When did the Black Death hit England?
1348
Name 3 symptoms of the Black Death
Buboes, vomiting, fever, loss of control over the nervous system
Who were the flagellents?
People who walked round streets whipping themselves to show god they knew what they did and deserved
What was an apothecary?
A place for making herbal remedies and mixing medicines
Where were the poor treated in the Middle Ages?
Monasteries
Name another infectious disease in the Middle Ages
Leprosy
