Approaches To Treatment Flashcards
1
Q
Religious treatments
A
- touching holy relics
- presenting offering at shrine-usually image of body part wanting to be healed
- lighting a candle as tall as you or body part
- praying
- sometimes encouraged not to treat as god gave you disease for a reason
2
Q
Astrological treatments
A
- consulted star charts
* treatment also varied on horoscope and alignment of planets
3
Q
Humoural treatments
A
- blood letting
* purging
4
Q
Remedies
A
- bathing
- food
- superstitions
- herbal
