ideas of the causes of believes in medieval medicne Flashcards
1
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what were the 7 causes of disease in the medieval times
A
imbalance of four humours miasma god witches and spirits astrology by not treating the four humours with the theory of oppositestheory of opposites
2
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what was seen to be the treatment against god
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prayer , flagellation
3
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how were illness seen as a punishment from god
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if someone did a bad dead illness was seen as a punishment from god
4
Q
what was the belief that witches caused diease
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people thought hat witches and spirits lived in people
5
Q
how did people in the church treat evil sprits
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people in the church did exorcism to get those sprits out
6
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how did people treat the belief of astrology
A
star sign and Almac calendars
