medicine through time - medieval/ancient Flashcards
who was hippocrates?
a greek doctor
what were the 4 humours?
yellow bile , black bile,phlegm , blood
who was galen?
he was a famous Roman doctor who followed the work of Hippocrates.
what did medieval doctors follow?
Doctors follow Hippocrates and Galen ideas of Four Humours all balanced
what did medieval christians believe?
that god gave them illnesses
what was The books of Hippocrates and Galen were translated into?
Arabic
what did islamic doctors/medicine first have?
pharmacies
whos ideas did the islamic doctor
Ibn al-Nafis
how did Developments in medieval Muslim medicine reached Britain ?
via European doctors coming home from the
Crusades.
what did christians get taught by ideas and the church?
taught illness was due to an individual’s sins and therefore prayer and pilgrimage
were the best cures.
what is an apothecary?
a medical professional who makes and dispenses medicine to physicians, surgeons and patients
different types of healers.
doctors (expensive), local wise women,
apothecary, priests/monks/nuns (free)
what is miasma?
an unpleasant or unhealthy smell or vapour , that causes illness.
what were Natural and supernatural treatments?
prayer
astrology
trepanning
bloodletting
purging
herbal remedies
