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Medieval Medicine Flashcards

1
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Between which years was the Medieval period?

A

1250-1500

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2
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What was the most influential institution in the Medieval period?

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The Church

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3
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What is a tithe?

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A monthly sum of money given to church (10%)

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4
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Who controlled education during the Medieval period?

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The Church

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5
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What was the most believed cause of disease in the Medical period?

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God/Sin

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6
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What percentage of the population could read by 1500?

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50%

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7
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What was the best cure for getting ill in the Medieval period?

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Asking for forgiveness from God

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8
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If people rejected the idea of God causing disease, what did they blame it on?

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Astrology or the supernatural

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9
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What supernatural representations were seen in the Medieval period?

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Amulets, witches and wise women

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10
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What percentage of the population were peasants in the Medieval period?

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90%

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11
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What does miasma mean?

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Bad/corrupted air

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12
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Who discovered the Theory of Opposites?

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Galen (Roman)

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13
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Who discovered the Theory of the Four Humours?

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Hippocrates (Greek)

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14
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How does the Theory of Opposites work?

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You do the opposite of the diagnosis

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15
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What are the 4 humours?

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Phlegm, blood, yellow bile, black bile

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16
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How did they fix miasma?

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Cleaned the streets

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17
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Did Germ Theory exist in the Medieval period?

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No

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18
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What was seen as a severe punishment from God?

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Leprosy

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19
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Was Hippocrates supported by the Church and why?

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Yes because he said that God created the body

20
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What was the smell of the air related to in the Medieval period?

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Religious purity

21
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Why was the theory of Miasma popular?

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People believed that if the air was sweet, it was pure and holy and they wanted to be closer to God

22
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How many books did Galen write?

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Over 350

23
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How long before the Medieval period did Galen and Hippocrates publish their books?

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Almost 800 years before

24
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Why was there no human dissection in the Medieval period?

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The Church said that the spirit would escape instead of going to heaven

25
Q

When and where was the printing press invented?

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Germany 1440

26
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Who wrote medical textbooks in the Medieval period?

A

Religious leaders

27
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Who were the most influential people in the Medieval period?

A

Galen and Hippocrates

28
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What is astrology?

A

The study of the planets

29
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What was a poem on the preservation of health?

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Regimen Sanitatis

30
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What was an incantation?

A

Supernatural chants and spells to attempt to cure illness

31
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What was flagellation?

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People whipped themselves in public to show they were sorry for their sins

32
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Why were some people discouraged from seeking any treatment at all in the Medieval period?

A

God sent the illness so they should just let it run it’s cause

33
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Who were the 4 people who you would seek medical treatment from in the Medieval period?

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Physician, Apothecary, Quack Doctor, Wise Woman

34
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How many years of education did a physician receive?

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7 years

35
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Did physicians treat disease?

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No, it was only a diagnosis

36
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What were the disadvantages of a physician in the Medieval period?

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-Lacked experience in treatment
-Were exclusively male so had no experience with female anatomy
-Poor availability
-Expensive

37
Q

What was an apothecary?

A

An expert in herbal remedies

38
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Was an apothecary cheap or expensive?

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Cheap

39
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What buildings were hospitals usually in, in the Medieval period?

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Churches

40
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What was considered a blessing in the Medieval period?

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The King’s touch

41
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What happened to patients who had leprosy or were seriously ill that turned up to hospitals in the medieval period?

A

They were turned away

42
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Who ran medieval hospitals?

A

Nuns

43
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How were medieval hospitals funded?

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Endowments (will money) as people thought it would get them into heaven

44
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Was the church Catholic or protestant in the Medieval period?

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Catholic

45
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Did Medieval hospitals treat patients?

A

No, they just gave them comfort until they died

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