year 10 medieval medicine test Flashcards
 Medieval church
Official religion of Britain was Roman Catholic. Daily life was dominated by religion they controlled education and people feared God.
Medieval power
King had total power but the church considerable control. The king and church was not questioned.
Superstition
A belief not based on knowledge but on the supernatural for example witchcraft and astrology
Astrology
Study of the planets and their affect on humans
Four humors
First suggested by Greek Dr. Hippocrates. said the body contains four humors black bile yellow bile blood and phlegm and if you became ill it was because the humors had become unbalanced to get better you need to balance them
Galen
A Greek doctor said that to get better if the human as well and balanced you should treat them with the opposite tequila cold use hot
Pilgrimage
A journey to a religious shrine and relics to show your love of God and secure an illness
Miasma
Body which blamed for spreading disease