Ancient and Medieval Medicine notes
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- Prehistoric Medicine16
- Ancient Egyptian Medicine22
- Ancient Greek Medicine17
- Hippocrates, Galen and the Four Humours32
- Roman Medicine11
- Roman Public Health20
- Islamic Medicine10
- Medieval Causes and Treatments of Disease50
- Medieval Healers, Hospitals and Surgery22
- The Church and Medical Progress in the Middle Ages33
- Medieval Public Health22
- The Black Death189
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Medieval Ages, the Church and Courts Later Middle Ages Change Crime and punishment in the later Middle Ages involved a deeper role of the government and a more centralised legal system under Henry II. Henry II made a number of impacts: Became king ...
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The Spread of The Black Death The Black Death started in China in c.1320 and very quickly spread into Europe and other countries via trading routes The Black Death entered Europe through Messina, Italy on a boat with infected humans and rats...
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Medicine through time Medicine in medieval Britain. 1000-1500 Illness was a punishment from God To make them better people The way to remove the illness from God is through prayer Illness was given by witches and supernatural S...
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Medieval Medicine 1350-1500 - created from Mind Map 1 - Medieval people were very religious, and most of their teachings about illness came from the Catholic Church. People learned that sin was very dangerous and caused disease. God sent leprosy as a punishment, or the...
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Medicine 1250 - present notes Approaches to treatment and prevention RELIGIOUS TREATMENTS Healing prayers and incarnation (spells) Paying for special mass Fasting Pilgrimages to tombs - touching holy relics, presenting offering to shrines ( usuall...
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Effects of the Black death Spread The Black Death started in central Asia and very quickly spread into Europe and other countries The Black Death entered Europe through Messina, Italy on a boat with infected humans and rats. The bacteria Yersin...
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Effects of the Black death Spread The Black Death was believed to have been caused by many things, none of which are correct Many Christians believed it was God punishing them for their sins and wrongdoings. A group called the Flagellants even ...
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history - developments in public health and welfare public health and hygiene in medieval society In Exeter, night soil men dumped their waste into the river Morality was higher in the towns and cities than the countryside - people lived closer together alongside their...
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Med - Decline/continuity/progression Decline Lost almost all medical knowledge Church became powerful - no one looked for cures Less trading, less knowledge shared Dirt everywhere Waste into Thames Cesspits and wells close together - share germs/cholera ...
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Vesalius - created from Mind Map Before Was Belgian and learnt Galen's anatomy Fabric of the Human Body 1543
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History Mock Exam - created from Mind Map Medieval Medicine The Normans and Medieval Britain
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What happens at an asclepion Greek gods The Greeks had many gods. They also believed gods caused disaster too, like thunderstorms and earthquakes. The Greeks had a god for healing known as Asclepius. People believed if you had given offerings to ...
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Untitled why was there little progress in medician? there was little progress in tn medicine because of the church. This was because bishops and priests told everyone everything in the bible was true and that god controls ever...
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Alexandria University Alexandria University Specialised medical schoolProlific scientists attended and most made important medical contributionsHuman dissection available for the first timeExtensive libraryStudy personal preference - diffe...
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Medieval medicine In the Middle Ages, physicians commonly diagnosed illness by examining their patient's urine. Typically, the process involved smelling it, tasting it and comparing the urine's colour to that in a urine chart. The diag...
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The Impact of The Dark Ages The impact of the dark ages on the Romans -Roman buildings were destroyed -Public Health Systems were weakened -Libraries and medical books were destroyed -Fewer doctors being trained Housing -Thatch...
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Medieval - Conditions ConditionsCrowded on the streetClear on the country sideOne bridge over the ThamesGround - mud, animal dung, offal, fish guts, beer, excrementMayor, wards in charge of parts of cityBathed in the riversCleaned oftenDen...
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Medieval - reasons ReasonsNo toilets - buckets thrown from windowsMain cityCleaned themselves - Satan was dirty, God was cleanBuilt parliament to control the cityMeat hanging in streets, got infected, people ate it, got illMedical knowl...
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Medieval - barriers of change Barriers of changeNo public sanitationStubborn, didn't change until desperateAuthorities got rid of citizens' pipesLack of resourcesGong farmers - difficult job (but well paid), too much to clean upDumped waste into T...
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Medieval - Attempts at change Attempts at changeCould only sell meat during day time - didn't sell 'bad meat'Wore over-shoes (platforms) to avoid mud/shit on the floorComplaints about conditionsRegulations to stop littering from windowsCitizens ma...
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Black Death The black death travelled to england by shipments of food. Rats would go aboard being attracted to the food and would then infect the sailors onboard the ship and would then pass it onto the dockers at the other ...
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Medicine Through Time The Four Humours The ancient Greeks believed that every human had a mixture of four humours in their body They thought people became ill when these humours were unbalanced The Theory of Opposites
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