Medicine Flashcards
(36 cards)
What are the four humours
Phlegm , blood , yellow bile , black bile
What was miasma
Theory that illness was caused by disease in “polluted” air
What were 2 humoural treatments
Bloodletting + purging
What was the theory of opposites
That to be healthy your humours need to be balanced e.g. if you have a fever (blood) eat cucumbers
4 things people believed caused illness in the medieval period?
God/punishment for sin, astrology,miasma , humours
Regimen sanitatis
The list of rules on how to stay healthy in medieval period
How were most people cared for in the medieval and renaissance periods
Care at home by women
What were hospitals used as, and who ran them
A place of rest, monks and nuns
When did the Black Death arrive in England
1348
What was the main symptom of the Black Death
Buboues
How did people try and get rid of the Black Death
Praying, fasting
When did the great plague arrive in England
1665
How many people died from the great plague
100,000
What did the government do about the great plague
Quarantine laws, cleaned the streets
When was the printing press invented
1440
When was the Royal Society formed
1660
When was smoking and lung cancer linked
1950
When was the NHS founded
1948
What technology is used in modern time period for diagnosis
Blood tests, CT scans, MRI ,ultrasound, ECG’s, endoscopes
How is lung cancer treated
Chemotherapy, radiotherapy + transplants
What lifestyle actions can effect your health
Obesity, lack of exercise , poor diet, smoking, alcohol
Examples of healthy lifestyle campaigns in modern era
Stop Smoking +Change4life
What laws were brought in in 2007 to reduce smoking
No smoking in workplaces , increased age limit from 16 to 18
When was the human genome project launched
1990
