The middle ages Flashcards
(10 cards)
what years were the middle ages
1250-1500
What were the four humours?
blood
phlegm
yellow bile
black bile
who treated the sick in the middle ages
Barber-surgeons
apothecaries
physicians
family
what were hospitals like in the middle ages?
when was the black death
1348-1349
what was the black death
bubonic plague - carried by rats
killed 1/3rd of the population
what did people think caused the black death at the time?
religion
astrology
Miasma
Volcanoes
Four humours
Outsiders
How did people try to avoid the black death?
praying and fasting
clearing up rubbish
smelling bad smells e.g toilets
lighting a fire in the room
carrying herbs and spices
not letting unknown people in the village
What were the symptoms?
fever + chills
swelling of the lymph glands into larger lumps with pus (buboes)
headache
what were the treaments at the time
praying
lucky charms
draining the pus
holding bread against buboes and then burying it
