Middle Ages Flashcards
nosokomeia
hospitals from the Christian church’s charitable mission
The Articella (Little Art of Medicine)
mostly Galen
Hunayn’s (Johannitius) - Medical Questions
Hippocratic texts
Byzantine tests
Galen
cited as the authority concerning anatomy medicine physiology despite being wrong
Oribasius
collected works of Galen
summarized and simplified his work
Paul of Aegina
wrote 7 Books of Medicine - medical encyclopedia referring mostly to Galen
Articella and Qanun by Avicenna
university based education for becoming an MD or MB
contribution by Islamic scholars
College of St. Cosma
most important medical guild in Paris for surgeons
profession turned standardized and distinct
Bubonic Plague
killed 25 million people in 5 years
Leprosy
unclean - cast out of society
Insanity
cared for in monasteries - St. Mary’s of Bethlehem (Bedlam)