History Medieval Medicine Flashcards
Name a feature of medieval towns
Thatched roofs
Tightly packed houses
Name a feature of a medieval village
Thatched roofs
Midden
Name a theory about the Black Death
Miasma(bad air)
4humours
Caused by sin
What was a midden
A pile of rubbish in the back of homes
What is a privy
A medieval toilet
What is a raker
Someone who was paid to clean the streets
What is a gongfermer
Someone who is paid to clean privies of the poo and give it to farmers
What is a water carrier
Someone who is Paid to carry water from the conduit and sell it door to door
What is a conduit
A fountain
What did the monasteries do to help the Black Death
They built conduits
They cared for the sick and gave them food and water
What did people drink
Small beer with a few drinking water
I hate was mainly in the peasants diet
Fruit and veg
What was in the monarchs diet
Meat
What a reason the black plague spread so fast
Misconceptions
People would run to another village when theirs got infected unintentionally carrying the disease
Government doing basically nothing
What did the kind do to help the Black Death
Basically nothing only sent a letter telling the mayor of London to clean up but never I forced it
What did butchers do to improve public health
Start a guild where all meet would have to be examined
What is a drover
Someone who would transport animals into and out of the towns
Where were animals kept in winter in medieval villages
Inside the house
What could be found in the thatched roofs
Rats flees cats and dogs
Who ran towns
Mayor and the aldermen
Who ran villages
Lords
Who had the most power
Kings and the church
Why did monasteries build conduits
For mass
What was the name of the king on the throne during the Black Death
Edward
What did London do to help the Black Death
Build a tunnel for the butchers to get rid of waste
Name the 3 ways people could catch the Black Death
Blood cough
Why did the Black Death spread so quickly
People thought you caught it by looking the sick in the eyes
Why did the north have no improvements in public health
Scottish invading
Why did they not know much about the Black Death
The church had to improve all medical discoveries
Why was sickness not rare in the medieval era
Raw food being served
What diseases were about in the medieval era
Tuberculosis child bed fever The Black Death Disentery
What is tuberculosis
Tuberculosis (TB) is a bacterial infection spread through inhaling tiny droplets from the coughs or sneezes of an infected person
What is child bed fever
any bacterial infections of the female reproductive tract following childbirth or miscarriage
What is disentery
an infection of the intestines that causes diarrhoea containing blood or mucus
What is the Black Death
bubonic plague pandemic occurring in Western Eurasia and North Africa from 1346 to 1353
How much of Englands population died from the Black Death
60%
How much of Europe died from the Black Death
3rd
Where did the Black Death come from
Asia
What was the main carrier of the Black Death
Fleas on rats
What were the symptoms of the Black Death
Boils coughing rashes feeling on fire itching delusions
What were treatments for the Black Death
Chamomile on wound. Praying. Lighting prayer candles
When did the Black Death happen
1346-1353
What’ was mayors and aldermens jobs
To take care of towns
How did the Black Death spread from Asia
Trading routes such as Silk Roads
Where did people in towns get their food from
Weekly market
Where did people in villages get their food
They grew it themselves
What would happen to the animal carcasses after they were used
Left on the street for drovers/rakers
What did London also do to stop spread
Moved prostitutes drovers outside of city walls
