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KQ1 - CAUSES OF ILLNESS AND DISEASE Flashcards

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WHAT 4 MEDIEVAL LIVING CONDITIONS ALLOWED FOR DISEASE TO SPREAD ?

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Narrow Streets
Poor Housing
Poor Water supply
Poor personal Hygiene

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HOW DID MEDIEVAL STREETS AID THE SPREAD OF DISEASE ?

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Streets were narrow and dark
Light and fresh air were limited by houses jutting out over the street
Lack of sewage meant waste was thrown onto the streets

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HOW DID MEDIEVAL HOUSING AID THE SPREAD OF DISEASE ?

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Wattle and daub walls made damp easy, attracting rats and lice
Lack of ventilation meant that fires in homes caused respiratory issues
Houses were built close together meaning that if disease broke out it would spread rapidly between homes

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HOW DID MEDIEVAL WATER AID THE SPREAD OF DISEASE ?

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Rivers were used as a source of drinking water but also for cleaning dirty clothes and dumping waster, polluted
Waste seeped into wells causing cholera outbreaks.
Contaminated water sources commonplace

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HOW DID MEDIEVAL HYGIENE AID THE SPREAD OF DISEASE ?

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People washed their hands and face but rarely bathed
The use of soap and hot water were limited to the wealthy

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WHAT WERE THE 4 GENERAL CAUSES OF DISEASE IN THE MEDIEVAL ERA ?

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WAR
FAMINE
POVERTY
ACCIDENTAL DEATH

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HOW DID WAR CAUSE DISEASE IN THE MEDIEVAL ERA ?

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Wounds inflicted in battle often became infected
Moving armies and close quarters led to the spread of disease
Sieges meant food supply was limited causing easy infection

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HOW DID FAMINE CAUSE DISEASE IN THE MEDIEVAL ERA ?

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Famine was a regular occurrence in the medieval era, worse in 1315-17
Lack of food caused malnutrition which led to people being more susceptible to disease

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HOW DID POVERTY CAUSE DISEASE IN THE MEDIEVAL ERA ?

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Lack of money led people to live in poor quality housing and buy poor quality food. Child mortality rate was high and malnutrition common.

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HOW DID ACCIDENTAL DEATH CAUSE DISEASE IN THE MEDIEVAL ERA ?

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People often died in accidents, i.e. Maud Fras had a stone fall on her head in Montgomery Castle

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WHAT 4 FACTORS DID PEOPLE BELIEVE CAUSED DISEASE IN THE MEDIEVAL ERA ?

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God
Miasma
Supernatural
The Four Humours

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HOW DID PEOPLE BELIEVE GOD CAUSED DISEASE IN THE MEDIEVAL ERA ?

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Religion had influence over almost every aspect of medieval life
People thought that illness was God punishing people for living sinful life

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HOW DID PEOPLE BELIEVE MIASMA CAUSED DISEASE IN THE MEDIEVAL ERA ?

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People linked disease with bad smells
The mortality rate was higher in cities where it stunk

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HOW DID PEOPLE BELIEVE THE SUPERNATURAL CAUSED DISEASE IN THE MEDIEVAL ERA ?

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People feared witchcraft and demons. Curses were blamed for illness

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HOW DID PEOPLE BELIEVE THE FOUR HUMOURS CAUSED DISEASE IN THE MEDIEVAL ERA ?

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The widest held belief including that of doctors was the theory of the four humours
Developed by Galen and Hippocrates
If one of the fours humours was out of balance then you became ill
Blood, phlegm, black bile and yellow bile

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WHAT WERE THE BIGGEST DISEASES IN THE EARLY MODERN ERA ?

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Fever
Grip
Consumption (TB)
Griping in the guts
Convulsions
Outbreaks of Plague

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WHY WAS DISEASE SO COMMONPLACE IN THE MEDIEVAL ERA ?

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People didn’t understand the link between germs and disease

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WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BUBONIC AND PNEUMONIC PLAGUE ?

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BUBONIC - Spread by rats. Puss filled buboes appeared on the body, in the armpits and groin
PNEUMONIC- Attacked the lung, spread by coughing and close contact. Death occurred quickly

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WHEN WAS THE GREAT PLAGUE ?

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1665

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WHEN WAS THE BLACK DEATH ?

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1348

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HOW DID THE PLAGUE AFFECT WALES ?

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Ports like Pembroke hit badly
Cosmeston totally wiped out

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HOW MANY IN LONDON WERE KILLED BY THE GREAT PLAGUE ?

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100,000

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HOW DID INDUSTRIALISATION CAUSE DISEASE ?

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Towns and cities grew rapidly without planning
Tenements were overcrowded, families shared homes
Sewage contaminated water supplies
People shared outdoor privies. Emptied into cesspits
Poor quality housing
Diets were poor
Disease was endemic

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WHAT DISEASE WERE COMMON IN THE INDUSTRIAL ERA ?

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Smallpox
TB
Scarlet Fever
Whooping Cough

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WHAT DISEASES WERE CAUSED BY INDUSTRIAL WORK ?

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PHOSSY JAW - Matchstick girls were exposed to phosphorus which caused necrosis
PNEUMOCONIOSIS - Inhaling dust in mines caused Pneumoconiosis
SCROTAL CANCER - Chimney sweeps often developed scrotal cancer
Machine accidents were common

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WHAT IS CHOLERA ?

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A bacterial infection spread by contaminated water. Symptoms include vomiting, diarrhoea and death within hours

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WHAT YEAR WAS THE JOHN SNOW CHOLERA OUTBREAK ?

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1854

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HOW MANY DIED IN THE CHOLERA 1848 EPIDEMIC ?

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53,000

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HOW DID THE 1848 CHOLERA EPIDEMIC AFFECT WALES ?

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1,800 died in Merthyr Tydfil

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WHAT IS TYPHOID ?

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A bacterial infection spread through contaminated food and water
Poor sanitation led to the disease spreading quickly
Rates didn’t fall until a vaccine was created in 1896
Prince Albert died of Typhoid in 1861

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HOW HAS CAUSES OF DISEASE CHANGED IN THE MODERN ERA ?

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Increase in lifestyle based diseases
Environment i.e. polluted areas linked to disease
Increase travel and two wars continued the spread of disease

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WHEN WAS SPANISH FLU FIRST SEEN AND WHY DID IT SPREAD SO RAPIDLY ?

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First appeared in 1918, after WW1
Demobilisation led to its rapid spread

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HOW MANY DIED FROM SPANISH FLU ?
WHICH AGE GROUP DID IT AFFECT MOST ?

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50M died from the Spanish Flu
280,000 died the UK
Most deadly for 20-40 year old

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SYMPTOMS OF THE SPANISH FLU ?

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Appeared benign cold, headache etc.

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WHY WAS IT CALLED THE SPANISH FLU ?

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Uk gov heavily censored the disease’s spread in Britain but reported heavily in Spain, hence the name.

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WHICH COUNTRY WAS NOT AFFECTED ?

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Australia, strict quarantining

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WHAT DOES AIDS STAND FOR ?

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Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

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HOW IS AIDS SPREAD ?

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Sexual Contact
Sharing Needles with an infected person
Spread from mother to child during pregnancy

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WHERE IS AIDS MOST COMMON ?

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Africa - 63%
1981 - First cases in the US

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WHAT WERE REACTIONS TO THE AIDS CRISIS ?

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Some considered it a punishment from God for living a ‘sinful life’
Thought it could be taught by touching

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