MTT - 1 Medieval Flashcards
1
Q
How did people become ill?
A
- the four humors
- created by Hippocrates
- unbalanced = ill
2
Q
What and who created Theory of Opposites
A
- Galen further developing 4 humors
3
Q
example of theory of opposites
A
too much phlegm - eat hot peppers
4
Q
what’s was miasma
A
- ‘bad air’
- created by god
- bad smells indicated sins
5
Q
4 ways in attempting to treat and prevent
A
- bloodletting
- purging
- religious
- rational
6
Q
purging
A
- patient vomit to remove food
- laxatives
7
Q
bloodletting
A
- cutting a vein
- done by physicians
- most common
8
Q
religious
A
prevent - lucky charms, self punishment, chanting
treat - pray, fast, mass, pilgrimage
9
Q
rational
A
prevent - purify air, exercise, clean streets
treat - traditional remedies, rebalance the humors
10
Q
who treated the sick?
A
- barber surgeons
- apothecaries
- physicians
- home
11
Q
barber surgeons
A
- no training
- bloodletting and purging
- cheap
12
Q
apothecaries
A
- directions from physicians
- coast money
- little training but no med qualifications
13
Q
physicians
A
- uni trained
- very expensive
14
Q
home
A
- female member
- remedies
15
Q
hospitals in medieval
A
- run by church
- very clean
- fresh food and water
- people on pilgrimages would stay
16
Q
how was the Black Death caused
A
religion - god sent sins
astrology - bad positioning of the planets
miasma
17
Q
Black Death symptoms
A
- swelling of gland
- fevers and chills
- headaches
18
Q
Black Death avoidances
A
- praying
- fasting
- herbs and spices
- cleaning rubbish
19
Q
Black Death treatments
A
- praying
- lucky charms
- eating cool foods
