Medieval Medicine 1250-1500

Question 1

Britain’s first hospital, St Bartholemews was set up in London

Answer 1

1123

Question 2

Average life expectancy was 35 years of age

Answer 2

1350

Question 3

The Black Death affects England; killing 1/3 of the population

Answer 3

1348

Question 4

Parliament passes the first law requiring streets and rivers to be kept clean by people

Answer 4

1388

Question 5

A belief not based on knowledge, but in the supernatural like God, witchcraft or astrology

Answer 5

Superstition

Question 6

To rid the body of an ‘excess’ like blood or vomit

Answer 6

Purging

Question 7

The use of leeches for bloodletting

Answer 7

Leeching

Question 8

Using glass cups to draw blood to the surface

Answer 8

Cupping

Question 9

To avoid eating or drinking

Answer 9

Fasting

Question 10

A journey to a religious shrine and relics to show your love for God and cure illness

Answer 10

Pilgrimage

Question 11

Public worship in the Roman Catholic Church

Answer 11

Mass

Question 12

Study of the planets and its affect on humans

Answer 12

Astrology

Question 13

‘Bad air’ which was blamed for spreading disease

Answer 13

Miasma

Question 14

A medieval pharmacists or chemist

Answer 14

Apothecary

Question 15

A female healer who treated illnesses. They used herbal remedies

Answer 15

Wise woman

Question 16

A medieval ‘medical’ book carried by doctors

Answer 16

Vademecum

Question 17

Used to examine urine to define illness

Answer 17

Urine chart

Question 18

A male medically trained doctor

Answer 18

Physician

Question 19

Untrained surgeon that practised basic surgery

Answer 19

Barber surgeon

Question 20

To cut open a human and examine the insides

Answer 20

Dissection

Question 21

A widespread outbreak of disease

Answer 21

Epidemic

Question 22

A charm that brought ‘protection’ from disease

Answer 22

Amulet

Question 23

A term used to describe the bubonic plague

Answer 23

Black Death

Question 24

A building where monks live, eat and pray

Answer 24

Monastery