Medieval Medicine Flashcards
Give two ideas of Hippocrates
Four Humours Hippocratic Oath Hippocratic Corpus (books)
Give two ideas of Galen
Treatment of Opposites Brain controls the body Anatomy based on monkeys
Give three reasons why Galen and Hippocrates were so important
Church promoted them Basis of medicine People were reluctant to embrace new ideas
When did the Black Death first arrive in England
1348
Give two Medieval causes of the Black Death
God sent it as a punishment Miasma Movement of plant and stars
What is the difference between bubonic and pneumonic plague
Bubonic plague has swelling (buboes) Pneumonic plague attacks the lungs and is passed from person to person
How many people died during the original outbreak of plague
40% as high as 60% based on London wills
Give three Medieval treatments for the plague
Bleeding Herbal Treatment Praying to God
What is a physician
A medieval doctor who was university trained
What is a barber surgeon
A surgeon who could stitch wounds amputate limbs and carry out bleeding as well as some simple operations
What is an apothecary
A Medieval chemist
What is a wise woman
A local woman with knowledge of plants and herbs
How did monasteries help the sick
Most had some medical facilities as well as a medicinal garden where herbs and plants were grown
When was St. Bartholomews hospital first opened
1123
Give three Medieval treatments for illness
Bleeding and purging Herbal remedies Prayers and Holy relics Simple Surgery
