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Simplified - Medieval medicine - GCSE history of medicine

Terms in this set (16)

What was Galen's idea?
The theory of opposites
Basic anatomy
What was Hippocrates' theory?
4 humours
What could you get from an apothecary?
Herbal remedies
Who did most of the treating at home?
Women
2 supernatural ideas on the cause of disease
God's punishment for sin
Astrology- alignment of planets
2 rational ideas on the cause of disease
4 humours
Miasma
What were the 3 things people would do to restore the balance of the 4 humours
(BPV)
Bleeding
Purging
Vomiting
Give 2 examples of what a surgeon could do
Cataracts
Amputations
2 religious ways to prevent disease
Confession
Lead a life free of sin
2 rational ways of preventing disease
Follow Regimen Sanitatis
Purify the air
How many people died of the black death in England?
1\3 of the population
What was the date of the black death?
1348-9
4 treatments for the black death
Prayer
Confession
Strong herbs, lighting a fire, cleanse air
Lancing the buboes
2 supernatural methods for preventing the black death
Self-flaggelation
Prayer and fasting
4 rational treatments for preventing the black death
Avoid foul air
Carry a posy
Avoid bathing
Avoid people with the plague
2 examples of government action to prevent the plague
Quarantine laws to separate the sick
Ban large groups of people
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