Health And The People

Question 1

What time was the Middle Ages

Answer 1

1066-c1450

Question 2

What time was the Renaissance

Answer 2

c1400-c1700

Question 3

What were natural approaches to disease in the Middle Ages

Answer 3

Apothecaries (medicine makers) used herbs to make treatments.
Burning herbs to create a sweet smell and get rid of miasma

Question 4

What were supernatural approaches to disease in the Middle Ages

Answer 4

Praying to God or saints- they believed disease was a punishment from God.
Flagellation.
Astrology- stars and planets were responsible for illness

Question 5

What was miasma

Answer 5

Smells that people thought cause disease

Question 6

What was flagellation

Answer 6

When people whipped themselves to show God they were sorry for their sins

Question 7

What were the 4 different Humours

Answer 7

Blood
Phlegm
Black bile
Yellow bile

Question 8

How could an imbalance of the Humours be cured

Answer 8

Reducing whichever one was too high- usually through purging (making them sick) or blood letting