Medieval Medicine Flashcards
When was the medieval time period?
c.1000 - c.1500
When was the renaissance time period?
c.1500 - c.1700
When was the industrial time period?
c.1700 - c.1900
When is the modern time period?
c.1900+
Name a treatment before Hippocrates
Drilling holes into the head (prescribed by Shaman/witch doctors) to alleviate evil spirits.
What time period was Hippocrates from?
Ancient Greece
Name the 4 humours
Phlegm, blood, yellow bile (urine) and black bile (faeces)
How did Hippocrates spread his ideas?
He wrote 60 books which were translated and spread across the globe
How did Galen develop the 4 humours?
By creating the theory of opposites
Why did Galen’s work contain mistakes?
He conducted experiments on animals- not humans.
Name 4 symptoms of the black death
Headache, swollen glands (buboes), coughing up blood and a fever
When did the black death first start?
1346
Name 3 “causes” of the black death of 1346
Punishment from god
Alignment of the planets (bad things to come)
Bad air/miasma
Name 3 treatments of the black death of 1346
Bleeding and purging
Lancing buboes
A pilgrimage to a holy site
Name 3 preventions of the black death of 1346
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