Medieval Medicine Flashcards

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When was the medieval time period?

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c.1000 - c.1500

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When was the renaissance time period?

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c.1500 - c.1700

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When was the industrial time period?

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c.1700 - c.1900

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4
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When is the modern time period?

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c.1900+

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5
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Name a treatment before Hippocrates

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Drilling holes into the head (prescribed by Shaman/witch doctors) to alleviate evil spirits.

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6
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What time period was Hippocrates from?

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Ancient Greece

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Name the 4 humours

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Phlegm, blood, yellow bile (urine) and black bile (faeces)

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How did Hippocrates spread his ideas?

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He wrote 60 books which were translated and spread across the globe

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How did Galen develop the 4 humours?

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By creating the theory of opposites

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10
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Why did Galen’s work contain mistakes?

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He conducted experiments on animals- not humans.

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Name 4 symptoms of the black death

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Headache, swollen glands (buboes), coughing up blood and a fever

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When did the black death first start?

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1346

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13
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Name 3 “causes” of the black death of 1346

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Punishment from god
Alignment of the planets (bad things to come)
Bad air/miasma

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14
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Name 3 treatments of the black death of 1346

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Bleeding and purging
Lancing buboes
A pilgrimage to a holy site

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Name 3 preventions of the black death of 1346

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Lighting a fire and boiling vinegar (to ward off bad smells)
Avoid bathing (it will open pores and allow impurities to enter)
Clearing dung and rubbish from the streets

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16
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What is the regimen sanitatis?

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A book providing information on how to live healthy

17
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Other than the church, what was one reason many people died from the black plague?

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A lack of understanding of germs meant they couldn’t find a cause, and therefore couldn’t find a treatment.

Also, a lack of technology meant that people weren’t able to create vaccines, or use microscopes to understand these germs.

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What were some features of hospitals in the medieval period?

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-Only offered hospitality
-Rejected infectious or terminally ill patients
-Most required shared beds unless someone was dying

19
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Explain the role of wise women in the middle ages

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They helped women give birth, relied on herbal treatments , carried out minor surgery

They had no training and weren’t very effective

20
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Explain the role of physicians/clergymen in the middle ages

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To diagnose and recommend treatments, and to examine the humours

They were expensive and couldn’t cut a patient

21
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Name the role of apothecaries in the middle ages

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They mixed herbal remedies, studied herbal manuals and were cheaper than physicians

They went against the Hippocratic oath and used supernatural theories

22
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Name the role of surgeons in the middle ages

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They had a steady hand to remove rotten teeth and stop bleeding and were trusted with sharp tools

Only a few were fully trained

23
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Name 2 natural and supernatural treatments in the medieval period

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Natural:
Bleeding and purging
Herbal remedies

Supernatural:
Prayer
Self flagellation