theme: religion Flashcards
1
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Medicine Stands Still
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- people were fed, given a bath and prayed for in a hospital adjoining a monastery. Also had access to herbs, a clean, serene room and a place to rest- linked to idea of Christian duty
- Roger Bacon was put in prison in the 1200s/1277
- pre 1348 education provider (until the plague) led to flagellants - not scientific or helpful
2
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The Beginnings Of Change
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- 1536- monestaries were shut in the English Reformation- led to less care for the poor and reduced public health
- Religious people were critical of new discoveries by Vesalius, Harvey and Syndenham- held back medical progress as their ideas went against Galen, slowing mediacl progress as it was not as widespread.
- Edward Jenner’s ideas were protested against by the church, as cows were lesser in the Great Chain of Being so should not be involved in health
3
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A Revolution In Medicine
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- religious believers went against painkillers used for birth with the belief that painful pregnancy was a punishment from God for the Fall
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4
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Modern Medicine
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- 1865- Salvation Army helped the sick
5
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Modern Medicine
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- as far as I am aware, literally nothing
6
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first hospital
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St Bartholomew’s Hospital in 1123
originally specialised in helping poor pregnant women
