middle ages (3)

Question 1

Quacksalver

Answer 1

person selling “medications” on the street

Question 2

Leechbook

Answer 2

book of recipes on what to do for different injuries and ailments

Question 3

monastaries in early middle ages

Answer 3

became repositories of learning

Question 4

access to texts of antiquity

Answer 4

latin translations of the Arabic translations of original Greek texts- solidified old beliefs

Question 5

Christian influences on healing in middle ages (4)

Answer 5

importance of healing the soul over the body, laying of hands, certain diseases became associated with God’s punishment again, sin and sickness were “same thing”

Question 6

What led to founding of hospitals?

Answer 6

Church’s “charitable mission”- derived from poorhouses, hostels, etc.

Question 7

western hospitals founded when?

Answer 7

~4th century CE

Question 8

Nosokomia

Answer 8

latin word for hospitals or curing of the sick

Question 9

late middle ages-Papal power influenced medicine how?

Answer 9

forbade shedding of blood by clerics-to prevent them from leaving church to get paid for services, DID not ban dissection-but mostly criminals,

Question 10

contemporary medical texts comprised mainly of what?

Answer 10

Galen works and other ancients- not much original work done during this time in Europe

Question 11

what was the standardized medical learning text in middle ages?

Answer 11

by 500 CE- Galen cannon created- with many errors etc.- this gave rise to Galenism (library of Alexandria)

Question 12

“The Articella”

Answer 12

“little art of medicine” 11th CE- mostly Galen- turning point of revival of medicine- included Islamic and Byzantine works

Question 13

Galenism

Answer 13

belief that Galen had discovered all there was to know about medicine and healing

Question 14

Two guys that contributed to Galenism

Answer 14

Oribasius and Paul of Aegina

Question 15

3 Islamic men who contributed to middle age medicine

Answer 15

Avicenna, Johannitius, Rhazes

Question 16

Medieval hospitals came from

Answer 16

Christian monasteries charitable example and Islamic example- evolved into large institutions

Question 17

when did university based medical school begin? what did they learn from initially?

Answer 17

12-13th century- based education from Qanum by Avicenna and The Articella 10 years to become a doctor

Question 18

Medical Guild

Answer 18

13-14th century in Paris- guild of surgeons- started to require that members take exams and have certain qualifications

Question 19

consequence of guilds and colleges

Answer 19

made medicine a distinct profession

Question 20

bubonic plague

Answer 20

late middle ages- possibly originated in Asia- killed 25% of European population

Question 21

leprosy

Answer 21

same name likely used to multiple skin diseases, “unclean” in biblical stories, thought to be spread through sex

Question 22

leprosaria

Answer 22

charitable institutions built for those with leprosy

Question 23

insanity

Answer 23

associated with phases of the moon, witchcraft, -Galen described them as humoural inbalances

Question 24

Bedlam

Answer 24

in London-hospital for mentally ill starting in 1247

Question 25

Wandering womb

Answer 25

womb makes you crazy because it moves all over your body- anatomy considered imperfect - males implant their seed and women are just a vessel for growth
hysteria!