Medieval

Question 1

What were the causes of disease during the Medieval period?

Answer 1

• God
• Four humours
• Miasmas
• Astrology

Question 2

What were the treatments for disease during the Medieval period?

Answer 2

• Blood letting
• Theory of opposites
• Flagellation
• Praying
• Herbs and spices

Question 3

What was public health like during the Medieval period?

Answer 3

• Laissez-faire attitude
• Cesspits
• Human waste thrown onto streets
• Slaughtering of animals in streets

Overall awful

Question 4

What was the training of doctors like during the Medieval period?

Answer 4

• Compulsory training
• Universities began to open (Oxford 1167 and Cambridge 1209)
• Still studied Galen
• Not allowed to dissect bodies due to the influence of the Church

Question 5

What were hospitals like during the Medieval period?

Answer 5

• Cramped wards
• Patients shared beds
• Doctors didn’t wash hands