Chapter 1-Middle Ages Flashcards
Who invented the theory of The Four Humours?
Hippocrates
Remember Hippo Crates
Who extended Hippocrates’s theory of The Four Humours
Galen- he extended it by thinking a new theory THE THEORY OF OPPOSITES!
(Theory Of Opposites)
What would they do if you were cold?
They would treat it with something hot like a Chilli
(Theory of Opposites)
What would they do if you were hot?
They would treat it with something cold like a cucumber
What was a Barber Surgeon?
A basic trained doctor who experimented by doing amputations
What was a Wise Woman
A Wise Woman was a healer who used herbal remedies
When did the Black Plague hit Europe?
1348
Day 1 of The Black Plague
Big spots known as Buboes
Day 2 of The Black Plague
Vomiting
Day 3 of The Black Plague
Bleeding under the skin making black patches on the body HENCE The BLACK Plague
Day 4 of The Black Plague
Spasms
Day 5 of the Black Plague
The buboes would burst resulting in a painful death or a lucky life
Why was there so little change of medicine in the Middle Ages?
Because in the Middle Ages they believed God sent disease
What does Renaissance mean?
It means ‘Rebirth’ meaning the rebirth of the development of medicine
