Treatments and Prevention of Disease (Medieval/Middle Ages) Flashcards
1
Q
Continued?
A
- Still believed in balancing humours
- Still believed in the use of herbal remedies
- Still would have bloodletting and purging
2
Q
How did they try to rebalance the humours?
A
- Bloodletting
- Purging
- Leeching
- Vomiting
3
Q
How was the ‘natural heat’ attempted to be restored?
A
- Taking hot baths
- Drinking soups of yellow lentils
- Applying water cooled with snow
4
Q
What was believed would cure the ‘King’s Evil’?
A
The touch of the King was believed to cure patients suffering from the illness
5
Q
Methods of prevention
A
- Prevention from God’s punishing
- Persecution of groups like Jews
- Burned tar to clean the air
- Placed coins in vinegar
- Burn rubbish
- Hold flowers to mouth
6
Q
How did people try to prevent disease they thought god had sent as punishment?
A
- Prayer
- Punishing themselves
- Carrying charms depicting saints
7
Q
Why was rubbish burned and flowers held over mouths?
A
Due to miasma
8
Q
Why were Jews persecuted?
A
They were thought to have caused disease by poisoning those who were not also Jews
9
Q
Why were coins placed in vinegar?
A
To stop disease spreading through touch
