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Medieval Medicine Flashcards

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What are the four humours?

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Blood
Phlegm
Yellow Bile
Black Bile

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Ideas on the cause of illnesses?

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4 humours inbalanced
Religious beliefs
Miasma
Astrology

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When was the Black Death?

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1347-1351

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What percentage of the population died?

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40%

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Ideas on the causes of the plague?

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God’s punishment
Miasma
The theory of the four humours
Astrology

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Medieval healers

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Physicians -

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