Medival Medicine And Roles Flashcards
What type of medical practitioners were there
Barber surgeons
Apothecary
Wise women
Lady of house
Role of barber surgeon
Carry out miner operations and broken bones
Usually see rich people
Role of apothecary
Sell medicalises like herbs and spices
Visited ordinary people and gave advice on how to beat use remedies
They were the most common form of treatments
Role of wise women
Provide wisdom and skill and act as midwifes for family’s
Sold herbal remedies
Lady of House role
Provide basic medical care for family’s
Only had general knowledge
What was dissection like in medival times
They were watched by many people often other learning doctors to widen knowledge
What was one of the main treatments in medival time
Bleeding, this would be done by leeches or cupping
How was illness diagnosed in medival time
Urine or zodiac chart
It was hard, difficult and confusing
Who was john arderne and what did he do
Famous for astonishing success rate
And developed his own painkilling ointment which helped healing
He didn’t rely on Galen
Charged the rich and did the poor for free
Who were physicians and what was there education like
Male doctor is who had trained at university for at least 7 years
They’re training involved little practical evidence
Who were quacks
They sold treatments at fairs and markets with often no medical knowledge and the treatments did more harm than good
