medieval medicine Flashcards
what is trephination
the would hammer a hole into the top of your head to release demons and bad spirits
what is the river Nile theory
there is one main channel and little channels coming from it, if one of the channels where to get blocked then it would cause disease
what are the 4 humours
black bile
yellow bile
phlegm
blood
what are the errors of Galens work
dissected animals
thought to believe that blood was created in the liver
what is the theory of the opposites
things were out of balance, so if you where hot you would et a cucumber or if you where cold you would drink tea or wrap up warm
if you where ill in medieval Britain, who would you go to see
the church trained physicians barber surgeon apothecary wise women
what is a barber surgeon
they would carry out minor operations and pull out teeth, also cut hair
what is a wise woman
house wise that would use natural remedies, reasonable priced
what is an apothecary
they sell medicine or herbs in shops
when was the black death
1384
what was the black death
buboes violently cough blood bruises and blotches shaking uncontrollably nausea fainting
how did the church influence
the church strongly believed that god was going to help then and heal them so they tried not to use any treatments
what did ibn sina do
wrote over 450 books
wrote the cannon of medicine
listed 760 different drugs
what did ibn nafis do
he wrote commentaries on Aristotle
he wrote an encyclopaedia
he described pulmonary circulation
discovered the north and south America
who is rhazes
first to write about allergy
described the first case of small pox
made sure to record patient data
