Continuity in prevention, treatment and care Flashcards
1
Q
what treatments and preventions stayed the same?
A
- traditional herbal remedies
- bleeding and purging
- cleanliness
- healthy living
- superstitions and prayer
2
Q
what was treatment like in hospitals?
A
- treatment of more sick people
- less use for travellers and pilgrims
- mixture of medicines
- visits from physicians
3
Q
what happened to monasteries?
A
Henry VII caused most hospitals to close due to the dissolution of monasteries
4
Q
who took the role of caring at home?
A
a female relative, they helped with advice and remedies and some were paid
5
Q
how was miasma tackled?
A
removal of miasma through draining swamps and removing sewage and rubbish
6
Q
how did people keep clean?
A
they regularly changed clothes
7
Q
how did herbal remedies change?
A
there were new inventions and some were actually effective
8
Q
what was the theory of transference?
A
- the theory that an illness could be transferred to something else
- people would try and rub objects on themselves to transfer the disease to the object
9
Q
what is alchemy and how was it used?
A
- alchemy is when a substance is turned into another substance
- this meant chemical cures using metals or minerals became popular
10
Q
what were the main reasons for lack of change?
A
- ideas were slow to be accepted
- they had no direct use in treatment or prevention
- the discoveries did not improve the understanding of the cause of disease
