Medieval Medicine c.1250-1500

Question 1

ideas about causes of disease

Answer 1

God
astrology
miasma
the 4 humours

Question 2

Approaches to treatment

Answer 2

religious
supernatural
humoral
herbal remedies

Question 3

where were people treated

Answer 3

home
few hospitals 
apothecaries
physicians
barber surgeons

Question 4

bloodletting

Answer 4

excess blood was removed by cutting a vein, cupping or using leaches

Question 5

purging

Answer 5

forcing excess humours out of the body

Question 6

theory of opposites

Answer 6

attempt to rebalance humours

Question 7

urine

Answer 7

was examined to check for unbalanced humours

Question 8

Approaches to prevention

Answer 8

religious - confessing sins
lifestyle - avoid stress, excercise
purifying the air - sweet smelling flowers

Question 9

wound man

Answer 9

a diagram used by physicians, showing which parts of the body could be cut off at certain times of the year

Question 10

theriaca

Answer 10

common spice based herbal remedy - could treat snake bites etc

Question 11

monasteries

Answer 11

a religious building where monks live, home to many of Englands hospitals in the medieval period

Question 12

regimen sanitatis

Answer 12

set of instructions on how to live a healthy life , used by physicians when giving medical advice

Question 13

The Black Death symptoms

Answer 13

large painful buboes
sneezing and coughing up blood
fever and trouble breathing

Question 14

why did so many people die from the Black Death

Answer 14

they didnt understand what caused the disease and how to cure it

Question 15

how was the black death spread

Answer 15

fleas and rats

Question 16

what did people think caused the black death

Answer 16

God punishing them

Bad air, maybe it came from fumes from a volcano or earthquake

Question 17

how did people try and prevent the black death

Answer 17

RELIGIOUS - prayed, confessed their sins to god
HUMOURAL -bleeding & purging
BAD AIR- nice smelling herbs and bonfires
herbal remedies
avoid victims
GOVERNMENT ACTION - quarantine laws

Question 18

what was medieval knowledge based on

Answer 18

ancient odes of hippocrates and Galen (4 humours)

Question 19

who had a very powerful impact on medical medicine

Answer 19

The church

Question 20

some people turned to ….. beliefs, including astrology and …..

Answer 20

supernatural, charms

Question 21

what was a popular theory about air

Answer 21

miasma = bad air caused disease

Question 22

who was medical advice given from

Answer 22

Physicians
barber surgeons
apothecaries

Question 23

where were most people treated

Answer 23

at home

Question 24

….. remedies were used to treat disease

Answer 24

herbal

Question 25

what was the plagues in 1348 called

Answer 25

The Black Death

Question 26

similarities from the previous period

Answer 26

theory of the 4 humours
church had a large impact and control
herbal remedies
still not sure on how to cure disease

Question 27

improvements from the previous period

Answer 27

miasma
supernatural beliefs
new medical individuals physicians, barber surgeons, apothecaries