Medieval (1200 - 1500) Part One Flashcards by Tara Kpotie | Brainscape

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Ideas about CAUSE of disease

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Supernatural ideas
Astrology
Four Humors
Miasma

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Ideas about CAUSE of disease: Supernatural ideas

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The Church was hugely powerful: Belief in heaven / hell
God punishes sinners
Disease is a punishment sent by God.
No education, so people learned from church

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Ideas about CAUSE of disease: Astrology

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Ideas that the position of the stars affects our lives.
Physicians would consult star charts and when a patient was born to make diagnosis

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