Medieval and Renaissance Flashcards
Stabilized the Roman empire 330 AD
Emperor Constantine
Capital of christianity
Byzantium (Constantinople)
Patron of physicians and pharmacists
Skilled in medicine; refused to accept any kind of payment for services
Brothers Cosmas and Damian
Patron of dentistry
St. Apollonia
Patron of Opthalmology
St. Lucy
Patron for pestilential disease; plaque buboes
St. Sebastian
Patron for gardeners and venereal disease sufferers
Protector against hemorrhoids
St. Fiacre
Benedictine monks christian missions for the poor, elderly, strangers, foundlings, and orphans
Ptochia: for the poor Gerontochia: for the elderly Xenodochia: for the strangers Brephotrophia: for the foundlings Orphanotrophia: for the orphans
Mother of Constantine I, founded a hospital in the Holy Land 330 AD
St. Helena
Plague hospital
St. Ephraim
Rich roman matron who set up the first christian hospital in europe
Fabiola
German who led the Goths that became the fall of Rome
Odoacer
Leader of the last Roman Empire
Augustus Romulus
Concoction of bile from the gall of a boar, opium, henbane, hemlock, and vinegar for anesthesia
Dwale
A medieval method of injective medicines into the anus
Clysters
Period of recovery form the dark ages
8-12th century
Crowned by Pope Leo III as emperor of the holy roman empire that lasted 1,000 years and promoted the spread of christianity
Charlemagne
Ancient medicine that “cure all”
Theriac