Ancient and medieval medicine Flashcards

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what where the causes of disease in the achient period?

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gods/ spirits / stars and planets

the 4 humours

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what were the treatments during the ancient period

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herb remedies
charms or prayer
bleeding and purging

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how can you avoid disease during the ancient time?

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prayer
exercise
bleeding / purging
hippocrates and galen theories

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what was public heath like the ancient time?

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some basic toilets and bath houses. water in lead pipes and basic aquaducts

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what were the causes of disease in medieval time?

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4 humors

stars / planets / gods

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what were the treatments during medieval times

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heral remedies
bleeding
NEW! hopspitals run by monks for the old

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how could you avoid disease during the medieval period?

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exercise / stay healthy
praying
galen and hippocrates theories

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what was public health like in medieval time

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worse that ancient times. there was toilets, drnking water and wells but very basic ones

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what improved after the ancient period?

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not much mostly thinngs stayed the smae. prayer became strong as there was no advances due to the war.

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10
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what was the life expectancy in ancient/ medieval times

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30 years

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who’s idea what the 4 humors

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originally hippocrates but galen came up with the idea of opposites (cold and hot fire and water ect)

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what are the 4 humors

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blood
phlegm
black bile
yellow bile

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13
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what did people beleve in cure wide in medieval times?

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the 4 humors being unbalanced
urine chart and phycians
astrology

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what were the healers during the medieval time?

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physician
wide women
apothecary
barber surgoen

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what is a trained phisician?

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someone trained at a medical school, they used urine charts astrology and 4 humors
they were expensive and felt superior

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16
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what is a wise women?

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a respecter person who uses traditional remedies

they helped with child birth and broken bonesgood reputation

17
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what is an apotecary?

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a cheap potion maker. a bit like a chemist. trained but no qualifications.

18
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what was a barber surgeon

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someone with no training and works at a barbers. they d small operations with no anaestheics.they cut hair and use urine charts

19
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how did comunication affect medieval medicine?

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the catholic church ruled medicne maing glanes ideas the norm

20
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howd did atttitudes affect medieval medicine?

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srong religion hindered progress. women not allowed to to medicine and no foriegn medience allowed either

21
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what was technology and science like in the medieval time?

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limited

22
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how did war affect medieval medicine

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lots of wars between kings lead to new weapons. barber surgoen got practice in the war too

23
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how did individuals affect medieval medicine?

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galens work was still practiced 100 years after his time

24
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what was communciato like durig this period?

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bad, the catholic church ruled everything and new ideas spread slowly as galen was the norm

25
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what was technology like in this period?

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not much, very limited