Health and the People Flashcards
1
Q
Medieval beliefs of causing disease
A
- supernatural
- 4 imbalance humours
- bad air
2
Q
Medieval - how did supernatural cause disease
A
- punishment from god
- demons/witches
- evil spirits living inside someone
3
Q
Medieval - supernatural disease treatment
A
- prayer/repentance
- witch trials + executions
- exorcisms
4
Q
Four humours
A
- blood
- phlegm
- yellow bile
- black bile
5
Q
How did 4 humours cause disease
A
Being out of balance
6
Q
How was disease caused by 4 humours imbalance treated
A
- Galen - opposites
- too much cold, wet phlegm - hot, dry chicken/pepper
7
Q
How did bad air cause disease
A
- miasma theory - bad air causes disease when breathed in
- comes from human waste/dead bodies etc.
8
Q
How to prevent disease caused by bad air
A
Cleaning streets
9
Q
Was 4 humours theory correct
A
No
10
Q
Was the miasma theory correct
A
No
11
Q
Significance of 4 humours and miasma theory
A
- began looking at natural disease causes
- people realised they weren’t powerless against disease
12
Q
How did church influence medieval medicine
A
- prevented people finding cures as everything was punishment from God
- only accepted Galen’s ideas as believed God created human bodies to be perfect
- outlawed dissection - doctors has to learn about anatomy through Galen’s wrong ideas
