medicine Flashcards
1
Q
state the date of medieval britain
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1250-1500
2
Q
List the 4 causes of diseases in medieval britain
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- Bad air (miasma)
- God’s punishment
- The balance of the four humours
- Astrology
3
Q
Preventions and treatments in medieval britain
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- bleeding and purging the body
- Flagellation (beating)
- Praying
- Herbal remedies like therica
- Regimen Sanitatis
4
Q
Hospitals and care in medieval
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- Monasteries / monks & nuns
- care in homes
- wise women & white magic
5
Q
physicians, apothecaries & barber surgeons
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- Part time surgeons
- Herbal remedy makers
- Doctors not professional
6
Q
How they dealt with the black death…
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- Little government involvement
- too little too late
- fines for dropping litter
- Guids not to move poo in streets as it might cause miasma
7
Q
what is the period 1500 - 1700
A
the renaissance
8
Q
causes to diseases in the renaissance
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- Declining importance of god
- the balance of the four humours
- 1546 –> contagion
- 1600 –> disease attacks the body
9
Q
preventions and treatments in the renaissance
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- Regimen Sanitatis
- bleeding and purging the body
- flagellation
- exotic herbal remedies
- 1600 –> chemical remedies
- avoidance theory
10
Q
hospital and care in 1500 - 1700
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- closure of the monasteries in 1536
- opening of St.Barts and bethlem
- pest houses
- quarantine
