medicine in britain set 2

Question 1

Give 4
supernatural ways
people tried to
prevent illness. (4)

Answer 1

Keep God happy – follow good Christian life with no sinning and worship god.

SELF- PUNISHMENT eg Flagellants during the Black Death: if they punished
themselves God would not punish them by giving them the plague so they
walked through streets whipping themselves.

CHANTING INCANTATIONS/ PRAYERS

CARRY LUCKY CHARMS/ AMULETS

Question 2

Give 3 natural
ideas about how
to prevent illness.
(3)

Answer 2

NATURAL - HUMOURS

Keep humours in balance by not overeating, exercising, bleeding and purging.

NATURAL – BAD AIR

Keep streets clean – laws passed, purify air with sweet smells, washing.

REGIMEN SANITATIS

Advice on how to maintain a healthy lifestyle: list of instructions from a
physician on exercise, diet and bathing and keeping away from bad air &
smells.

Question 3

How did medieval
physicians
diagnose illness?
Give point and
some detail. (2+2)

Answer 3

CHECK BALANCE OF HUMOURS – checked colour, taste , smell of urine in their
handbook (vadememcum).

CHECK ALIGNMENT OF PLANETS for influence on humours and used zodiac
charts to decide when to treat a patient.