MTT-prevention Flashcards
what did people in medieval times do to prevent illness and disease?
very little as they had limited medical knowledge
what were the rained doctors called in medieval england?
physicians
who were the ancient greeks that they excepted the ideas of?
hippocrates and galen
what was one thing medieval doctors used to diagnose illness
urine charts
what were the four humours?
yellow bile, black bile, phlegm and blood
what was an alchemist?
a medieval spiritual doctor thats main aim was to find “the elixir of life” a poyion which was supposed to ward off disease and keep you young forever
what did they do to prevent the black death?
- pray for forgiveness
- keep all doors closed
- killed cats and dogs
- in london they cleaned the streets
who created the first vaccine?
edward jenner
how did edward find the first vaccine for smallpox
worked out that to cure people of smallpox, you had to inject people with cowpox
who came up with the germ theory?
louis pasteur and robert koch
what is the germ theory?
the theory that proves that bacteria causes diseases
