illness and disease Flashcards
attempts to prevent to prevent illness and disease.
1
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what does quarantine mean?
A
Isolation of a person who has a contagious disease
2
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what is miasma?
A
bad air people believed carried disease
3
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what is theriac?
A
an ointment/potion used to treat poison
4
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what is a flagellant?
A
A person who whip’s themselves as part of a religious punishment
5
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what is alchemy?
A
a type of chemistry used in the middle age that tried to find a way to change metals into gold and medicine to cure any disease
6
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what is mysticism?
A
the belief that there is a hidden meaning to life
7
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what is an elixir?
A
a liquid with magical powers that would prolong life.
