Medieval Flashcards
What are the 4 humours?
Blood, Phlegm, Black bile, Yellow bile
What year was the Black Death?
1348
When was the Great Plauge
1665
Galen thought that what had a humour that could balance what was causing disease
Food, drinks herbs and spices
What were the main ways of prevention and treatment throughout both eras
Bloodletting, sweating and purging
What does Rensiassnace also mean?
New birth
What we’re the 3 kinds of beliefs
Religious, Supernatural, Rational
Medieval ideas of disease
Bad air, God, Devil, stars, planets, theories
Who came up with the 4 humours
Hippocrates
Did you have a better or worse chance of surviving if you went to a Barber Surgeon?
Worse
Why were dogs and cats killed during the Plauge?
They were thought to carry disease
What was bad air also known as
Miasma
What was pouch of herbs that people carried around called??
Posie