Ideas About Cause Of Disease And Illness

Question 1

New ideas and discoveries

Answer 1

•theory of four humours has been discredited,however still followed by general population

Question 2

Why Impact of medical discoveries were so small

Answer 2

• lack of quality medical instruments
• huge gaps in knowledge
• public believed in four humours

Question 3

Ideas that changed a lot

Answer 3

• theory of four humours - very few physicians believed this by end of 1700
• human body - better understanding of anatomy
• diagnosis using urine - physicians now understood urine didn’t directly relate to a persons health

Question 4

Ideas that changed a little

Answer 4

• use of medical books- more observation,however still relied on text books for symptoms
• influence of church- most people recognised that god didn’t send disease however in times of epidemics religious causes still considered
• supernatural- astrology less popular from 1500,times of epidemics,people used Charms to ward off disease

Question 5

Ideas that stayed the same

Answer 5

Miasma - Constant thought,more widespread in epidemics