Health & The People: Influence On Medieval Medicine Flashcards

1
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What did the Greeks believe in?

A

The four humours

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2
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What did the Greeks practice their dissections on?

A

Animals

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3
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What did the believe was important for a patient’s recovery? (2)

A

Rest and a diet

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4
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Whose texts did Greeks use in universities

A

Galen’s

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5
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What did the Greeks want to understand?

A

How and why things worked

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6
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Did Islam allow dissections of human bodies?

A

No

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7
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What was important to islams?

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Charity and caring for others - hospitals were set up for the sick

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8
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In Islam, where and when was the first hospital set up?

A

Cairo in 1283

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9
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What were patients given when they left hospital and why?

A

Money - so they didn’t have to go strait back to work

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10
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What did islams encourage?

A

Medical learning

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11
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What were Islamic hospitals intended for?

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To treat patient and not simply care for them

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12
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What did Christian’s belief about God?

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That he controlled everything - if he made people ill or not

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13
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What did churches value in Christianity?

A

Traditional medial knowledge of the ancient world

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14
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What did Christian’s teach?

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Hippocratic and Galen’s ideas

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15
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What did Christian’s believe was the most important treatment?

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Prayers to god

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16
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In Christian influence, who was hospitals mainly financed by?

A

Christian church and wealthy patron

17
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What did Christian churches have instead of doctors?

A

Priests

18
Q

Who wear Christian churches run by?

A

Nuns or monks

19
Q

How many hospitals in Christian influence was started between 1000 & 1500

A

700 +

20
Q

What did Christian’s believe about the sick?

A

It was good to help them
Illness came from god and curing them would be going against him

21
Q

Why did Christian’s approve of Galen’s books?

A

Because he believed in 1 god

22
Q

What were the different types of hospitals in Christian influence?

A

Asylums (for the mentally ill)
Lazar house (for leprosy)
Monasteries