christian influences

Question 1

what did christian’s believe you should do to the sick?

Answer 1

look after them

Question 2

how did christian’s believe you got ill?

Answer 2

god sent illness as a punishment, so curing an illness was going against gods will

Question 3

how did monks preserve and copy ancient medical texts?

Answer 3

by hand

Question 4

how many hospital were set up in medieval england by christians?

Answer 4

over 700 between 1000 and 1500

Question 5

how were hospitals funded?

Answer 5

by the church or a wealthy patron

Question 6

how was st leonard’s hospital paid for?

Answer 6

by norman king stephen

Question 7

what did hospital concentrate on, caring for the sick or curing

Answer 7

caring

Question 8

did sick people have a priest or doctor?

Answer 8

most had a priest

Question 9

did the church approve the medical ideas of ancient greek?

Answer 9

yes they were taught it in universities

Question 10

whats happend to roger bacon, the english monk?

Answer 10

the church arrested him for suggesting doctors should do original research and not trust old books

Question 11

who did the christian church base their medical knowledge on?

Answer 11

galen/ hippocrates