Part 1: Medicine stands still

Question 1

How much was known about the causes of illness in the Medieval Period

Answer 1

. Not much was known
. It was thought that god made people ill

Question 2

What was the significance of the zodiac charts when treating patients

Answer 2

. It determined whether they were going to operate on certain parts of the body or not

Question 3

What was the urine chart

Answer 3

. Doctors would examine and taste urine to diagnose a patient

Question 4

What was significant about hypocrites

Answer 4

. He taught that examining patients and keeping detailed records was important
. His theory of the four humors said that the body consisted of blood, phlegm, black bile and yellow bile that had to be balanced for good health
. Blood letting would get rid of blood to balance the humors

Question 5

What was significant about Galen

Answer 5

. Galen built on the four humors theory
. To learn about anatomy, Galen dissected animals such as pigs. He based his books about animals which was wrong as the human anatomy was different
. Galen brought in the ideas of god into his work. In result, the church liked him and banned anyone from proving him wrong

Question 6

What were medieval hospitals in the west like

Answer 6

. They only held 12 people since there were 12 disciples
. There were no doctors but there were monks
. There were prayers regularly
. They did not treat patients

Question 7

How did Islam in the east play a role in health

Answer 7

. Islamic doctors wrote medical encyclopedias
. They treated patients and cared for them
. They tried to challenge the ideas of Galen and build on it further
. The caliph (King) did not allow human dissections

Question 8

What was the significance of the crusasdes

Answer 8

. During the crusades, they stole the ideas from the east about medicine and brought it back to the west.

Question 9

What did towns do to improve public health

Answer 9

. Very little
. They had poor sanitation
. There would be waste on the streets and in rivers

Question 10

What was the public health in monasteries

Answer 10

. Monks could read and learn more about public health
. They had pipes and drains
. Abbots made monks take baths at least twice a year

Question 11

What was believed about the black death

Answer 11

. People thought it was a punishment from god
. Minority groups were blamed
. They blamed the bad smells because of the miasma theory (bad smells make you ill) so plaque doctors had sweet smelling herbs in them

Question 12

what role did war have in advancing health in the medieval period

Answer 12

. Improved the skill of doctors as there were more patients to test on
. Helped make new tools such as the arrow cup

Question 13

How did chance play a role in advancing health in the medieval period

Answer 13

. The king ordered that the streets be cleaned because of the miasma theory. They did not know what germs were at that time and without knowing it they got rid of the germs making people sick

Question 14

How did communication help advance health in the medieval period

Answer 14

. Monks would copy out Galen’s work by hand so physicians could learn from his work

Question 15

How did religion play a role in health in the medieval period

Answer 15

. Christianity taught that god sent illness as a punishment
. The church controlled universities and only taught the ideas of Galen
. The church banned medical research and human dissections

. The caliph in the east did not allow human dissections

Question 16

What did government do to improve health in the medieval period

Answer 16

. The government introduced quarantine laws to stop the spread of the black death