What medicine was like in the Renaissance Flashcards
1
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How they thought caused illness
A
Four Humours, God (a little bit), Miasma (Seeds), 1500s - Theory of contagion, 1600s - Theory that diseases was something that attacked the body.
2
Q
How they prevented illness
A
Regimen Sanitatis, 1600s - avoidance, Quarantine, Kept houses clean.
3
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How they treated illness
A
Exotic herbal remedies like cinchona bark, Bloodletting/purging, Experiments with chemicals, Trained doctors, Apothecaries (in hospitals/chemicals).
