Mini-test 1 - Health - Medieval Medicine Flashcards
When was the medieval period?
1000 - 1450 (10th - 15th Century)
What was a Barber Surgeon?
A barber who could carry out minor operations. They were not allowed to call themselves doctors
When was the Norman Conquest?
14th October 1066
What is an epidemic?
A sudden widespread infectious disease
What is effluent?
Liquid waste
What is the Hippocratic Oath?
Oath taken by new doctors to help their patients
What is the Doctrine of Signatures?
States that herbs that look like parts of the body can be used by herbalists to treat those specific body parts
What is the theory of the four humours?
Blood, Phlegm, Yellow Bile and Black Bile, should be balanced with the body to prevent disease
How did medieval people keep healthy?
Tooth picks and mouth washes, combs and brushes, chewed fennel, bath house, drinking small ale
If you were poor who would treat you if you became ill?
Women
Name two ways you could be treated by a Barber Surgeon
Extraction of teeth, removal of moles, setting of broken bones etc
How would an Apothecary treat you?
Herbs, spices, herbal potions, use of four humours being balanced
What did physicians use a urine chart for in the Middle Ages?
To diagnose illnesses
Name two ways that women helped treat people in the Middle Ages
Midwives, herbal potions, wise women
What were leeches used for?
Bleeding to restore balance in the four humours
