medieval medicine

Question 1

What type of medicines did apothecaries provide?

Answer 1

Emetics and laxatives

Question 2

What preventions were put in place to reduce illness caused by miasmas?

Answer 2

-Wore posies
-Lit fires
-Kept air moving by ringing bells and keeping birds
-latrines built

Question 3

How many physicians were there in the 14th century?

Answer 3

Less than 100

Question 4

What was a pestilence?

Answer 4

a disease

Question 5

What was the name of the extended poem that provided health advice?

Answer 5

the regimen sanitatis salernitanum

Question 6

What were some common ingredients in herbal remedies?

Answer 6

honey and garlic, both of which had mild antibacterial properties

Question 7

What did barber surgeons do?

Answer 7

-perform dental extractions
-cauterise wounds
-set broken bones
-bloodletting
-amputating

Question 7

what was trepanning?

Answer 7

drilling a hole through the skull, sometimes to release evil spirits

Question 8

why did the church have so much control over education?

Answer 8

-monks were the only ones who knew how to write- could selectively publish texts
-people feared prospect of hell
-physicians trained under church
-power extended across country (each village had a priest and each region a bishop)
-wealthy- people payed 1/10th of earnings to church (tithes)

Question 9

why did the church have so much control over education?

Answer 9

-monks were the only ones who knew how to write- could selectively publish texts
-people feared prospect of hell
-physicians trained under church
-power extended across country (each village had a priest and each region a bishop)

Question 10

which king demanded the streets to be cleaned in 1349?

Answer 10

king edward iii- ordered ‘filth lying in the streets [to be] removed’

Question 10

list some methods of treatment that were based on religious causes

Answer 10

-prayer
-visiting shrines
-fasting
-pilgrimages

Question 11

what were butchers banned from doing to prevent spread of disease?

Answer 11

throwing animal parts into the streets

Question 12

what was one of the main differences between medieval and modern hospitals?

Answer 12

the care medieval hospitals provided was almost wholly palliative. warmth and food were provided, and as it was run by monks and nuns, spiritual welfare was a priority

Question 13

what did physicians do?

Answer 13

-prescribe treatments and bloodletting
-consult urine charts for diagnosis

Question 14

whose work did physicians study?

Answer 14

the work of hippocrates and galen, along with arabic doctors like ibn sina and al-razi

Question 15

when did the black death arrive in england?

Answer 15

1348

Question 16

roughly what percentage of europe was killed by the black death?

Answer 16

between 30-60%

Question 17

what percentage of hospitals actually cared for the sick

Answer 17

10

Question 18

list 5 factors affecting progress in the middle ages

Answer 18

-the church
-the government
-education
-individuals
-attitudes

Question 19

what was an example of government/monarchy intervention during the black death

Answer 19

quarantine measures were imposed

Question 20

what was one reason why government intervention proved ineffective in terms of public health

Answer 20

they only took action during a crisis as opposed to implementing preventative measures

Question 21

how could medieval attitudes be described

Answer 21

highly traditional- there was little desire for change and people placed their utmost trust in the knowledge of the ancients

Question 22

why did the church set up hospitals

Answer 22

caring for the sick was an important part of christianity

Question 23

how many of the medieval hospitals were almshouses

Answer 23

about half

Question 24

what was a positive aspect of medieval hospitals

Answer 24

they had high hygiene standards

Question 25

how many hospitals were there by 1500

Answer 25

1100

Question 26

what percentage of hospitals were leper hospitals

Answer 26

31%

Question 27

what percentage of hospitals helped pilgrims and travellers

Answer 27

12%

Question 28

how did towns and councils attempt to prevent the spread of the black death

Answer 28

latrines were built and fines were issued for littering and polluting water