Medieval Healers

Question 1

Who were the healers?

Answer 1

Physician
Apothecarie
Quacks
Barber Surgeons
Wise Women

Question 2

The Physician
How many? Gender?
Trained at university for _ years?
Learned the works of?
Banned from _?
What did they know little about?
What did they carry?
What did they use from Hippocrates?
Price? Who can afford them?
Where?

Answer 2

100 - All male
7 years
Hippocrates, Galen and Avicenna
Dissection
The body
Vademecum
Clinical observation
Very expensive, only the rich
Towns and cities

Question 3

What was the vademecum?

Answer 3

It was a handbook of diagnoses and a urine chart to help treat patients

Question 4

The Apothecary
Trained in what?
Qualifications Y/N?
Similar to _ or _
What did they mix to produce what for who?
Own mixtures?
Cheaper or more expensive than physicians?
Gender?
Where?

Answer 4

Herbs and medicines
No qualifications
Pharmacist or chemist
Mixed various ingredients to produce medicines for the physicians
Made their own mixtures for a price
Cheaper than physicians
Almost always a man
Towns and cities

Question 5

Barber Surgeon
Trained?
Not respected by who?
May have _
Had lots of what?
Could __, let blood, ___, and remove tumors as well as provide _____
Could do basic ___, such as ___
___ valued over ____
Very low success rate for ___, why?
Cheap?
Where?

Answer 5

Not trained
Not respected by physicians
May have read books
Had lots of experience
Could pull out teeth, let blood, lance boils and remove tumors as well as provide hair and beard trims
Could do basic surgery, such as amputations
Speed valued over caution
Very low success rate for surgery because of no anaesthetics or antiseptics
Cheapest surgery available
In towns

Question 6

Wise Women
Could be a ___ with a ___ permission
Could qualify as a ___
Not allowed to be a ___ or ___
Could be ___ or ___
Helped with ___ as a ___, learning by ___
Used some ___ and some charms and ___
What could they be accused of?

Answer 6

Could be a midwife with a bishop’s permission
Could qualify as a surgeon
Not allowed to be a physician or attend university
Helped with childbirth as a local midwife, learning by experience
Used some herbal remedies and some charms and spells
Could be accused of witchcraft

Question 7

Quacks
Worked as a?
Offered ___ but were usually __ or just common herbal medicines
Un___ and un___
Reputation? Why?
Cheaper than?

Answer 7

Worked as a travelling salesman
Offered cure all remedies but were usually useless or just common herbal medicines
Untrained and unqualified
Bad reputation for ripping people off and moving on
Cheaper than physicians