Public Health - Medieval Flashcards
Name two major treatments in medieval medicene
Prayer and Repentance
In medieval medicine disease was believed to be a ________ from God
Punishment
Sick people were encouraged to ______ to make themselves better
Pray
Name two places that medieval people went to try and cure themselves.
Holy shrines
Pilgrimages
Many doctors had superstitious beliefs. Name two beliefs:
Astrology
Saying certain words
What was used to assist blood letting?
Making a small cut
Using blood sucking leeches
Name the act of getting rid of other fluids from the body
Purging
Name the theory which led people into the belief of purifying or cleaning the air to prevent sickness
The Miasma theory
What did physicians carry around with them to protect themselves from catching a disease.
Posies
Oranges
During the Black Death what did people burn to fill the room with smoke?
Juniper, myrrh and incense
Herbs and spices were used to make remedies. Name two more:
Animal parts
Minerals
Animal parts and minerals were used to make remedies. Name two more:
Herbs
Spices
Who made and sold remedies?
Apothecary
Local wise woman
Give two supernatural causes of disease believed by people in medieval Britain
Demons
Witches
Evil spirits
Describe two natural explanations for disease believed by people in Medieval Britain
An imbalance of the four humours; blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bile.
The Miasma Theory - bad air
Describe two medical discoveries made by Islamic doctors
Amputation - discovered by Albacasis
Blood flow from one side of the heart to the other - Ibn-al-Nafis
Name six treatments for disease used by people in medieval Britain
Prayer
Repentance
Bloodletting
Purging
Purifying the air
Remedies containing herbs
Name three types of people you might visit if you felt ill in medieval Britain
Physician
Apothecary
Wise woman
List two approaches to health in towns and two approaches to health in monasteries.
Towns
Keep streets free of waste
Clean water supply
Monasteries
Latrine buildings
Systems for getting rid of waste and sewage
Give three ways people tried to prevent the Black Death
Prayer and fasting
Bloodletting and purging
Lit fires to purge the air
Carried charms or magic potions
