Medieval Causes of Disease Flashcards
1
Q
How much influence did the Church have? Why?
(LAOL P___ IN EVERY V_____, B__LE, CONTROLLED E___)
A
They had a lot of influence, they dominated life.
They owned large areas of land and had a priest in every village, people believed everything in the bible and they controlled education.
2
Q
Religious Ideas
Disease sent by _______
Wi___, l__ and as___
J__ blamed for ___
Alignment of ___
E_____ S____
A
Disease sent by God as punishment for sin
Witchcraft, luck, astrology
Jews blamed for poisoning wells
Alignment of stars and planets
Evil spirits
3
Q
Natural Ideas
Ur____
M___
4
The Big 3
A
Uroscopy
Miasma
Four Humours
Hippocrates, Galen and Avicenna
