general knowledge Flashcards
What is Leprosy?
A disease affecting parts of the body and the nervous system.
What is smallpox?
A viral disease with fever and sores
What are the four humors?
phlegm, blood, yellow bile, and black bile
What was the treatment for the four humors?
Herbal remedies, bleeding, purging, and supernatural ideas
What did people believe was out of balance with the humours?
They were unbalanced
What did they think could be the cause of the humours being out of balance?
The will of God, the stars, demons, sin, bad smells, charms and luck, witchcraft, or astrology.
who was blamed during epidemics?
Witches, jews, nobility, or people from a different culture.
What were some of the cures for the humours being out of balance?
Bleeding, applying leeches, smelling strong posies, or causing purging or vomiting
What were the cures for the black death?
Cutting open buboes, draining the pus, and making the patient hot or cold, eg by taking hot baths
How did people ask for God’s forgiveness?
By whipping themselves or praying
What did surgeons see as a good cure for people?
Wine was a mild antiseptic; whilst also developing a range of pain killers including opium.
What was the law passed in 1388?
Parliament passed a law to keep rivers and streets clean.
What were gong farmers paid to do?
Clear out human waste from cesspits.
what was the difference between Christianity and Islam in medicine?
Christianity believed to ‘care not to cure’ so it was more important to care for the patient rather cure it, they also believed that if you were to be sick it is a punishment from God or a test of faith.
HOWEVER!! Islam believed that they should find the cure for the patient usually having scientists take out different experiments, and there is the house of wisdom also known as the libraries.
How did the Black Death spread?
Rats were carrying flees and went onto boats, crawled in tiny places, and was easy to infect dirty and unhygienic villages which infected people.
