Medieval Medicine Flashcards
Treatment in the Middle Ages?
Physicians and doctors had some training at church-run university.
Doctors studied Urine charts and astrology to diagnose and treat illness and had access to leechbooks and herbal remedies.
Doctors only treated the rich, most illness was treated by local healers mostly woman.
Woman acted as midwives, doctors didn’t attend child birth.
Wise woman provided herbal remedies and advise in disease and illness.
Hospitals were places of rest and recuperation as were usually attached to monasteries or convents.
What had most influence over medicine in the Middle Ages?
The Christian Church
Why did the Church support Hippocrates and Galen’s theories?
their ideas that one God created all humans fitted with the churches teachings.
Public health in the Middle Ages consisted of?
.City streets were covered in Rubbish and animal and human waste.
.Water was often contaminated from other sources such as sewage it bliss from butchers.
.monasteries and Convents were healthier places with fresh water and toilets.
Why was Galen’s and Hippocrates still taught?
Their ideas agreed with the churches teaching and the church controlled all medical training so continued to teach their teachings.
What is meant by the term reformation?
When King Henry the VIII founded the Church of England and destroyed monasteries and Catholic institutions.
Ideas about the cause of diseases in the Middle Ages?
.4 humours was still believed and the church believed this and treated people by purging and bleeding.
.God caused diseases as punishments- so they prayed to God for forgiveness.
.Bad air and smells caused illness.
