the middle ages

Question 1

what was the impact of religion?

Answer 1

• stopped doctors from experimenting and dissecting
• promoted real medical learning in facilities (uni)
• cared for sick people who didn’t have family member to look after them

Question 2

what was the impact of religion on development of treatment ?

Answer 2

• church was the only constant authority
• maintained libraries, preserving medical knowledge
• was able to choose which books got published
• therefor, galen’s work was everywhere
• sick people were encouraged to pray

Question 3

how did the church train doctors?

Answer 3

• told them to read books seeing as the best libraries were in monasteries and convents
• church would not let anyone criticize galen or try to prove him wrong- therefor doctors were taught the four humors

Question 4

what did the church teach about natural causes of disease?

Answer 4

• galen said disease was caused by imbalance of humors

- popular remedies were bleeding, purging and treating with opposites

Question 5

what did the church teach about supernatural causes of disease?

Answer 5

• illness and disease were cause by sin- prayer was easiest cure- could pay for someone at the church to pray for you
• attend church regularly to help avoid getting ill in the first place
• astrology was used in treatment. position of the moon was said t be particulary important when bleeding a patient

Question 6

what was the impact of government?

Answer 6

• kings and advisers more interested in defending kingdom- didn’t recognize healthy subjects would help with this
• church controlled most aspects of medicine
• lack of interest had negative effect on public health- if king didn’t care, why should anyone else?

Question 7

what was the impact of war?

Answer 7

war had some positive effects= soldiers who traveled to middle east to fight in Crusades and brought medical knowledge back with them