Mediaeval to Renaissance causes of disease Flashcards
What time period was the renaissance
1500 - 1700
What is renaissance French for
Re birth
What improved during the renaissance
Medicine
Science
Technology
Art
What did people have an interest in for the first time during the renaissance
Learning for themselves rather than being told what to believe by the church
What was now legal during the renaissance
Dissections so people could cut open bodies and see what is inside
What did people in mediaeval period believe human body was made up of
Four humours
black bile
yellow bile
Blood
Phlegm
When was the medieval period
1250 - 1500
What was believed to happen if the humours became unbalanced
You will become ill 
How did they believe you should cure yourself in the mediaeval period
Balance the humours and remove some of the humours that are unbalanced
What are some ways of balancing the humours
Bloodletting
Purging
What continued about four humours into the renaissance
Most doctors and people at the time still thought the four humore cause disease
What changed about the theory of four humours during the renaissance
Sydenham began to reject the theory of four humours as it couldn’t explain an epidemic such as the great plague
What is miasma
Believe that bad smells cause disease
What continued about miasma into the renaissance
People still believe that bad smells and evil fumes cause disease
What did mediaeval people believe about God and disease
Believed God sent disease as a punishment for sinning 
What continued about beliefs of God and disease into the renaissance
During the great plague people blamed God for sending it 
What are flagellants
People flogging themselves to remove sins
What changed about the idea of disease and God during the renaissance
The power of church began declining during the renaissance and less people believe God cause disease
What was believed about the supernatural during mediaeval period
People believed in zodiac signs in the alignment of the planets
What continued about belief of supernatural into the renaissance
During some diseases such as the plague people blamed it on the alignment of Jupiter and Saturn
What changed about the belief of supernatural in the renaissance
Fewer people believed in supernatural causes
Who invented the theory of the four humours
Greek physician Hippocrates
Who created the theory of opposites
Galen
What was the theory of opposites
To treat someone you should do something that’s the opposite of the problem They have
Examples of the theory of opposites
If people had colds. They will take a warm bath or eat a chilli
If a patient has too much blood and we’re hot and dry they should be treated with cucumber because it’s cold and wet
How was disease diagnosed during the mediaeval period
Observing samples of urine and using urine chart
Looking at zodiac man
