Health and the people theme changes and evidence

Question 1

Impact of war on medieval medicine

Answer 1

Gave experience and led to discoveries e.g Hugh of Lucca and Theodoric starting from arrow removal and finding that pus was not needed on wounds

Question 2

Impact of Religion on medieval medicine

Answer 2

Made Galenic ideas very prevalent, as they were church-aligned
Made superstitious ideas such as astrology more prominent
Divine intervention often held back the idea of observation e.g flagellants not looking at the fact that they still died

Medicine unchallenged e.g the arrest of 13. Cent English monk Roger Bacon for suggesting that scientific method was important.

Question 3

Impact of Government on medieval medicine

Answer 3

Local authorities and guilds set rules e.g some areas issued fines of £20 for dumping sewage. This was however, largely ignored

Question 4

Impact of Chance on medieval medicine

Answer 4

Medieval Medicine remained fairly stable and, even when by chance things were discovered, they were usually rejected (e.g Hugh of Lucca for medieval or Parè losing his job for renaissance)

Question 5

When was the black death in England?

Answer 5

1348 (1347 in Italy)

Question 6

Who was Ibn Sina?

Answer 6

wrote a encyclopaedia called Canon of Medicine , with over a million words, listing the properties of >700 drugs and chapters of problems such as anorexia and obesity.