Medicine Stands Still-Disease and the Supernatural

Question 1

What was disease thought to be caused by?

Answer 1

Supernatural

Question 2

Between what years was medieval England?

Answer 2

1000-1500

Question 3

What was the key problem of disease in the medieval times?

Answer 3

Lack of understanding the causes of disease

Question 4

What did many people believe disease was?

Answer 4

A punishment from god

Question 5

Why did they think disease existed?

Answer 5

To show them the error of their ways and make them better people

Question 6

Considering the reasoning behind the disease’s existence, what did they believe was the cure to the disease?

Answer 6

Prayer and repentance

Question 7

What other supernatural being was thought to be the cause of disease?

Answer 7

Evil supernatural beings, like demons and witches.

Question 8

Since it was believed that witches were behind many outbreaks of diseases, what happened to many people?

Answer 8

Tried as witches and executed.

Question 9

Within the body, and a supernatural cause, what else could cause disease?

Answer 9

Evil spirits living inside someone

Question 10

Since evil spirits living within the body were thought to be a natural cause, what was done?

Answer 10

Members of the church performed exorcism and using chants to rid of the spirits

Question 11

What institution had a big influence on medieval medicine?

Answer 11

Church

Question 12

What church was an extremely powerful organization in medieval Europe?

Answer 12

Roman Catholic church

Question 13

The Church encouraged people to believe the disease was a punishment from God, instead of?

Answer 13

Natural causes

Question 14

Since the church encouraged disease was a punishment from God, what was prevented?

Answer 14

Trying to find cures for diseases because they believed all you could do was pray and repent

Question 15

Whose works did the Church make sure the scholars of medicine learnt?

Answer 15

Galen

Question 16

Why did the church make sure the works of Galen were followed by scholars of medicine?

Answer 16

His ideas fit the christian belief that God created human bodies and made them to be perfect.
Also stopped people from disagreeing with Galen.

Question 17

What did the Church outlaw?

Answer 17

Dissection

Question 18

Since dissection was outlawed, what did this mean medieval doctors could not do?

Answer 18

Discover ideas about human anatomy for themselves

Question 19

Since doctors couldn’t perform dissections, what did they have to do instead?

Answer 19

Learn Galen’s incorrect ideas

Question 20

The church’s influence over medieval medicine meant that there was very little change in ideas about the cause of disease until what period?

Answer 20

The Renaissance

Question 21

Why were people unable to question the church?

Answer 21

Their messages were so influential

Question 22

What other cause was used to diagnose diseases? (HINT: stars)

Answer 22

Astrology

Question 23

What is the idea behind astrology?

Answer 23

The movements of the planets and stars have an effect on the Earth and on people

Question 24

What did astrologers in medieval England believe caused diseases?

Answer 24

The movements of planets and stars

Question 25

In what type of medicine was astrology developed in?

Answer 25

Islamic medicine

Question 26

Between what years was astrology brought to Europe?

Answer 26

1100 to 1300

Question 27

What was the calendar called which some medieval doctors owned?

Answer 27

Almanac

Question 28

what did the almanac include?

Answer 28

where particular planets and stars where at any given time

Question 29

What did the doctors use the information from the almanac to do?

Answer 29

Predict how patients’ health could be affected

Question 30

In astrology, what was thought to affect different parts of the body?

Answer 30

Different star signs