Medival medicine

Question 1

What were the four humours?

Answer 1

1) Blood
2) Phlegm
3) Black bile
4) Yellow bile

Question 2

What were barber surgeons?

Answer 2

Did bloodletting ,, minor surgery : based on experience

Question 3

What were wise men or women ?

Answer 3

Gave first aid, herbal remedies, and supernatural cures with charms and spells based on tradition: based on word-of-mouth and trial and error

Question 4

What did traveling healers do at markets and fairs?

Answer 4

Extracted teeth , sold potions ,mended dislocations or fractures

Question 5

Medieval treatments which showed a belief in the natural causes of disease :

Answer 5

Christian Church approved of the knowledge of the ancient Greeks and Romans, Galen, although he lived in Roman times believed in one God: this fitted with Christian ideas