Medieval Healers Flashcards
how many male physicians were there?
100
how long did physicans train at medical school for?
7-10 years
what ideas were physicans taught?
galen and hippocrates ideas
what were physicians banned from doing in training?
dissection
what did physicians advise their patients?
to get treatment from other healers
were a physician’s services cheap or expensive?
expensive
apothecaries were t- but had no m- e-
were trained but had no medical experience
what did apothecaries do for physicians?
mix ingredients to make medicine
were apothecaries cheaper or more expensive than physicians?
cheaper
what else could apothecaries provide?
charms and amulets
apothecaries were considered as s- as physicians
skilled as physicians
what type of surgeries did barber surgeons perform?
small
name 4 procedures barber surgeons could carry out
could pull teeth, lance boils, let blood and remove tumours
give 2 disadvantages of barber surgeons
did not use anaesthetic or antiseptic
had a low success rate
barber surgeons were not r- by ph-
not respected by physicians
barber surgeons had cheap or expensive surgery?
cheapest
what were wise women not allowed to do or become?
they couldn’t be educated and become a physician
what did townspeople use wise women for?
to deliver babies and for advice
what did wise women use?
herbal remedies and spells
were wise women cheap or expensive?
cheap
what was the first hospital?
St Bartholomew’s Hospital
when did the first hospital open?
1123
who ran hospitals?
monks
why did hospitals not care for the sick?
they didn’t want infection to spread
who opened more hospitals in the middle ages later?
guilds
