Medival Britail Flashcards
when was the medival period
10-15th century
what was a barber surgeon
a dentist that carried out minor operstions
when was the Norman conquest
14th October 1066
what is an epedemic
a sudden widespread infectious disease
what is effluent
liquid waste
what is the Hippocratic oath
an oath taken by new doctors to help their patients
what is the doctrine of signitures
it states that herbs that look like part of the body can be used by herbalists to treat those specific body parts
what is a cesspit
a hole in the ground full of sewage
what is the term used to describe the burning of skin around a wound
cauterisation
what is the theory of the 4 humours
blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bile, should be balanced with the body to prevent disease
give 2 reasons why living in a town in the medival ages was unhealthy
poor, cramped houses, human and animal waste on the streets, no access to clean drinking water.
give 2 ways that towns tried to improve public health in the medival ages
Fines for leaving waste on the streets, wells for drinking water, tax for street cleaning, muck rakers, bath houses.
how did medival people keep healthy.
tooth picks and mouth washes, combs and brushes, chewed fennel, bath house, drinking small ale.
if you were poor, who would treat you when you became ill.
women
name 2 ways you could be treated by a barber surgeon
extraction of teeth, removal of moles, setting of broken bones.
