Medieval Medicine

Question 1

Main Causes

Answer 1

• Poverty & famine
• Warfare
• Accidental death
• Black Death

Question 2

Beliefs

Answer 2

• God
• Miasma
• Supernatural
• Four humours

Question 3

What was the population at around 1300?

Answer 3

Around 4.75 million

Question 4

What percentage had enough land?

Answer 4

25%

Question 5

Famine

Answer 5

1315-17

Question 6

How many people died from famine?

Answer 6

10% of population

Question 7

What battle was fought during this time?

Answer 7

Battle of Townton (1461)
- killed 22,000 - 28,000

Question 8

Maud Fras

Answer 8

-1282
- large stone dropped on head in Montgomery castle

Question 9

Soothsayers

Answer 9

• Powers of prophecy
• made charms to ward off evil
• Mother Shipton

Question 10

Elixir or life

Answer 10

•Alchemists searched for this
• this was to keep people young

Question 11

Alchemy

Answer 11

•Searched for ‘Elixir of Life’
•Turned base metals into gold
•Gave quintessence to prevent disease

Question 12

What were some of the herbs used to treat illness?

Answer 12

Rose, lavender, sage

Question 13

What were the treatments to balance the four humours?

Answer 13

Bleeding and purging

Question 14

What was bleeding?

Answer 14

Letting blood out to balance four humours.
Cupping used

Question 15

What was cupping?

Answer 15

heatcup put on body to get blood up.

Question 16

What was the most favoured way of treatment.

Answer 16

Bleeding