Medieval Medicine Flashcards
Sum of money people gave to the church?
tithe
The name of the church in the middle ages?
Cathoiic
A time when there was not enough food for people to eat
famine
being ill because you did not have enough of the right food
malnutrition
Doing things that God would not like was called a ..
sin
A disease that caused hair loss, paralysis, loss of fingers and toes and boils on the skin
leprosy
The belief that the position of the planets and stars had an impact on peoples’ lives
astrology
the scientific study of the movement of planets and the stars
astronomy
The person who first wrote about the four humours
Hippocrates of Cos
The theory that the body had to have a balance to remain in good health
The Theory of the Four Humours
Deciding what is wrong with somebody based upon their symptoms
diagnosing
Another word for a doctor or medical practitioner
physician
Roman doctor who built upon the ideas of Hippocrates
Galen
Idea that the humours needed to be balanced
theory of opposites developed by Galen
the idea that disease was called by bad air
miasma
body fluid that was checked to see if the humours were out of balance
urine
going on a journey to a holy place
pilgrimage
service where bread and wine are given to remind people about Jesus
mass
disease that was to believed to be cured by the touch of a king
scrofula
deliberate bleeding of patients to balance the four humors
phlebotomy
deliberately making people sick so that waste food could be let out of the body
purging
home made remedy including ginger, cardamon and pepper
theriaca
medieval food that was encouraged for the sick because it was moist
blanc mangier
A loose set of instructions provided by doctors on how to maintain good health
regimen sanitatis
