Middle Ages

Question 1

Galenism’s contribution to medieval stagnation

Answer 1

Galenism: the belief that Galen had discovered all that one needed to learn about medicine and healing
Medieval medical texts mostly compilations of Galen and other ancients
Ideas of Galen spread widely
Little original medical writing
Medical learning was wrote, standardized

Question 2

Origins of hospitals in the West

Answer 2

Most important medical innovation of middle ages

Grew out of Christian monasteries and Islamic example

Question 3

Important diseases of middle ages

Answer 3

Bubonic plague
Leprosy
Insanity/lunacy
Women’s health

Question 4

Rise of Christianity’s affect on healing practices

Answer 4

Christians did not see purpose in caring for the body, focused on care of soul
Believed diseases caused by God's wrath
Manual healing became more common
Sin and sickness considered equal
Dissection of executed criminals allowed

Question 5

Nosokomia

Answer 5

Hospitals of middle ages

Founded by Christian church

Question 6

The Articella

Answer 6

Little Art of Medicine
New canon in which Galen predominated
Turning point in reviving systematic medical learning
Included Hunayn’s Liber Ysagogarum, Hippocratic works, and Byzantine works

Question 7

Avicenna

Answer 7

Abu Ali al-Husayn ibn Abdallah ibn Sina
Contributed to Islamic medieval medicine
Qanun