Treatments For Disease - Religion + Superstition Flashcards
What is alternative medicine
Anything not mainstream
Why did people turn to alternative medicine
Controversies like thalidomide turned people away from modern medicine
Egg alternative medicine
Hydrotherapy - power of water
Hypnotherapy - power of the brain
What period did alternative medicine become popular
20th century
Who was Nicolas Culpepper and what period did he belong to
- wrote “the complete herbal” in 1653
- Early modern period
When was the plague and what did it have to do with religion and superstition?
- 1665
- miasthma and evil spirits
- public prayers to ask for gods help
Why and when did people object anaesthetics
- they were “unnatural”
- 19th century
What did people still use in the cholera epidemics
4 humours theory
When were the cholera epidemics
1848 and 1854 (19th century)
Medieval herbal treatments egg
- asthma - swallow young frogs
- rheumatism - wear donkey skin
What did people think caused disease in medieval times
Gods punishment
How did people cure diseases in medieval period
People could buy indulgences and go on pilgrimages for forgiveness
