Medicine Stands Still Flashcards
What was the importance of rhazes?
Distinguished measles from smallpox for the first time
Wrote over 150 books
Followed Galen but was critical one of his books were called “doubts about Galen”
What was the importance of Avicenna?
Wrote a great encyclopaedia of Ancient Greek and Islamic medicine known as canon of medicine
It listed the medical properties of 760 different drugs and discussed anorexia and obesity
It became the standard European medical textbook used to teach doctors in the west until the seventeenth century
What was the importance of ibn al-nafis
What were some limitations of medieval surgery?
Pain was immense as there were no effective painkillers being used
They had no idea dirt carried disease so operations took place in poor hygiene conditions
People with deep wounds could not be helped
They sometimes thought pus in a wound was good
What was bloodletting?
A surgical procedure where a hole was drilled in order to let out blood to balance the four humours
What was amputation?
A surgical procedure which cut off a damaged part of the body completely eg and arm
What was trepanning?
A surgical procedure to drill a hole in the skull to let out the demons in the head for example for epilepsy
What was cauterisation?
A surgical to burn the wound to stop the blood leaking out with a hot iron.
How did wealth contribute to the improvement of public health in medieval towns?
People had money to spend on cleaner facilities
Many people spent money valuables and land so people would pray for them when they died
Monks mad lots of money from selling wool and the donated lend from the wealthy was used for the sheep
How did knowledge improve the health conditions in medieval times?
Monks could read ancient books from ancient roman times and understood the basic idea of separating clean water from the wastewater.
The also understood the idea of a simple routine such as moderation in diet, sleep and excessive to balance the humours.
How did rules improve conditions in medieval times?
Monks had rules to keep clean for god this slowly caught on with other people
How did location improve conditions in medieval times?
The location of monasteries kept them isolated and protected from epidemics
The monasteries were located next to a freshwater source of water by rivers of lakes
How many people died in the Black Death between 1348 and 1350?
1.5 million people died
What was the social impact of the Black Death?
While villages were wiped out due to the population being small compared to modern times
What was the political impact of the Black Death?
Left people demanding for higher wages and contributed to the “peasants revolt” in 1381
What was the religious impact of the Black Death?
It had damaged the Catholic Church as many experienced priests had either died or ran away
What was the economic impact of the Black Death?
The plague created food shortages, increasing the price creating more hardship for the poor
Landowners switched to sheep farming as this needed fewer workers
Farm workers demanded higher wages and were less willing to be tied to the land and work for the feudal landlord
What were the remedies for the back death? PUMA
Prayer
Unusual remedies such as drinking mercury or shaving a chicken and strapping it to the buboes
Moving away if they thought the plague was coming
Avoiding contact with people
Why did the disease spread so quickly? SDUALQI
Street cleaning was poor
Dirty streets encouraged rats to breed
Unhygienic habits such as throwing out rubbish were common
Animals dug up quickly-buried victims’ bodies
Laws about hygiene were difficult to reinforce
Quarantine was not effective on infected village
Ignorance of germs and causes of disease was widespread
