What medicine was like in medieval britain Flashcards
Learn what medicine was like in medieval britain.
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What they thought caused illness
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God, Four Humours, Comets, Miasma.
2
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How they diagnosed illness
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Urine Charts, Four Humours.
3
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How they prevented illness
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Regimen Sanitatis, Trying to please to God, Kept their houses clean with scent to please God, Some people avoided sick people or mess.
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How they treated illness
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Non-exotci herbal remedies like theria, Bloodletting/Purging, Barber surgeons, Pigs bladder enema, Apothecaries (herbs)
