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The middle ages 1250-1500
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- 1What religion were most people in England during medieval times?Catholic
- 2Where did most people get their education from?Church becuse they could not read or write
- 3What was illness seen as?It was seen as a test,sin or punishment from God
- 4What did the church claim for someone who survived a disease?They believed it was a miracle from God
- 5Who made most of the rules?The church
- 6What was the supernatural beliefs to diseaseIt was due to the alignment of planets and stars and they could diagnose illness
- 7Who opposed the beliefs of the supernatural?church but they did like Galen
- 8What was the rational approach to disease?There were 4 humours and if you were ill, it was because the humours were unbalanced
- 9Who expanded on the theory of 4 humours and what was it calledGalen expanded on the theory to create the theory of opposites
- 10What is miasma and which two people wrote about this?masma was a bad air that Galen and
Hippocrates believed could transmitted disease - 11How did people prevent miasma?They would stay away from smelling houses or smelling people in case they breathed in bad miasma
- 12What were urine samples used for and who used them?Physicians used to use urine charts to make their diagnosis. They believed that it was the best way to check the four humours.
- 13How did the churh cure people?The church held prayers, pilgrimages,offerings and flagerlated in order for God to cure the ill person.
- 14How did the supernatural cure people?They cured them through herbal remedies, cutting veins, leaches and cupping.
- 15How did the church prevent disease and care for the sick?They believed that the best way to prevent disesse was to lead a life away from sin. If ill they held prayers, confession and titches to stoo disease.
- 16How did they prevent disease through dietHumours were thought to be produced by digestion and therefore what u ate prevented your humours from becoming unbalanced. People therefore made themselves throw up in order to keep their humours even
- 17How did they prevent disease through hygiene?The regime santis was a loose set of rules that was used to keep homes and people clean.
- 18How did they prevent disease through purifying the air?They spread swert herbs to purify the air and it was hidden jewellery
- 19Describe the use and conditions in hospitals during the medieval times?It was religious and run by nuns, who kept the hospitals clean and safe. They were run on charitable donations and the rich often were cared in the homes. They were good at getting the sick all into one place and said a cure was a miracle from God.
- 20RenaissanceRenaissance
- 21How has the ideas about the causes of disesse and illness changed?The government were now strong and rich, which meant people could now afford doctors. New artists helped medicine by making more detailed studys of the body. Univercities began to teach medicine and new medicines were being brought back from America.
- 22Explain how Thomas syndenham moved science away from the old theories and what did he discover?Thomas Sydenham moved science away through making detailed notes and by doing this discovered measles and Scarlet feaver.
- 23What was a huge change in the copying of books in the renaissance? How did this help medicine?The printing press. This was a huge change because originally they would hsve been copied up by monks and anything that went against the church wouldnt be published. The printing press allowed people to question old theories.
- 24When was the Royal Society set up and how did this help medicine?The Royal society was set up in 1660 and helped scientists to share and get help with their work in one book. This helped medicine and was given a royal charter.
- 25Name two changes to treatment in the renaissance times.New remedies
began to look at chemical cures
others are available - 26Explain two things that continued into the renaissance period.bleeding purgine ect
sweating was still encouraged to stop disease - 27Explain one change in the prevention of disease renaissance period?bathing had become a lot less fashionable.
- 28Give two continuitys in preventing disease?preventing disease wss still considered to be the best way of avoiding death.
cleanliness was also important - 29Name two continuations in medical care?most still learnt from books
still hard to get hold of fresh corpses. - 30Name two changes in medical care?new subjects
education for both types of medical professions increased considersbly. - 31How did hospitals change in the renaissance?They were now run by physicians and other medical people. Religious sponsors were banned.
- 32How did pest houses change in the renaissance.They became a place were rejects from hospitals were taken becsue the hospital did not want contagious people
- 33Who was Andreas Vesalius?Vesalius proved Galen wrong. He proved many things of Galen wrong such as the liver was proved to not make blood and that the heart pumped blood around the body. Made detailed paintings.
- 34Who was William Harvey and what did he do?He was a royal doctor and tought his pupils through disections. He influenced people through fire hoses and proved Galens theory about then liver and it not pumping blood.
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