Medicine Flashcards
Medieval Period?
1250-1500
Renaissance Period?
1500-1700
Industrial Period?
1700-1900
Modern Britain?
1900-Now
Medieval England - Supernatural Beliefs
Astrology and Religion
Medieval England - Rational Beliefs
4 Humours and Miasma
What was the Supernatural Religion belief?
Disease was a punishment from God / God controlled every aspect of life / God sent the disease to ‘purify’ your soul
OR
God controlled everything
What was the Supernatural Astrology belief?
‘Bad alignment of the planets/Bad alignment of the stars’
What were the 4 Humours?
-Blood/Phlegm/Black bile/Yellow bile
What was believed if one or more of the 4 Humours were imbalanced ?
You would fall ill
What was the symptom(s) if ‘Blood’ was imbalanced?
Fever/Temperature
What was the symptom(s) if ‘Yellow Bile’ was imbalanced?
Quick temper/ Argumentative
What was the symptom(s) if ‘Black Bile’ was imbalanced?
Depression
What was the symptom(s) if ‘Phlegm’ was imbalanced?
Runny nose / a cold
What was miasma?
A bad smell that caused disease.
When preventing disease, what did people do to their diet
Purge regularly and not eat too much
When preventing disease, what did people do with the church.
Confess sins / Pay tithes / Pray regularly
When preventing disease, what did people do to purify the air?
Carry bunches of flowers / Spread sweet smelling herbs
What treatments did people do in the Medieval period?
Rub raw chicken on a gaping wound / pray / bleed / cut off limbs
