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Flashcards by Oluchi Alisi, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Oluchi Alisi
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| Question | Answer |
| What were the two branches of the causes of diseases in the Medieval time period? | supernatural, religious and rational and natural. |
| Define Supernatural | A manifestation or event that to an extent is beyond scientific understanding of laws or nature |
| Define Rational/ Natural | Based on or in accordance with reason or logic, or and observation based on the world around you |
| Define Prevention | Stopping someone from being ill or contracting a disease |
| Define Cure/Treatment | Making someone better if they are ill |
| What link did God have to Causing Diseases? | The people believed that God sent disease as a punishment for sin and that the disease was a sent to cleanse one's soul. |
| what Linked Witchcraft to the causes of disease? | People believed that witches got their powers from consulting with the devil. Ways they would curse you with illness would either be : - Cursing you upfront -Putting a cursed item in the victims home or on them |
| What linked Astrology to the Causes of Diseases? | The alignment of stars and planets would usually help with diagnosing a disease Star charts as well as the patients birthday were used to identify the issue this was influenced by Hippocrates |
| What links the devil/ Satan to the cases of Disease ? | The devil used disease as a test of faith of those devoted to God |
| Examples of Cures | - Fasting -Touching Holy relics -Chants -Paying for special masses |
| Examples of Preventions | -Regular prayers to God -Amulets of Charms -Paying Church Tithes (taxes) -Religious Confessions |
| Who is Hippocrates? | An Ancient Greek who developed the four Humors Theory based on his observations of the four season, nature and elements of his patients |
| Who is Galen? | A doctor from Ancient Rome who built upon Hippocrates theory and made the theory of opposites to cure the imbalance of Humors. |
| What are the Humours | Fluid in your body |
| What is Miasma | Bad, Smelly air |
| What is a barber Surgeon | Barbers who cut hair and also performed minor surgeries with no training |
| What are Physicians? | An individual practiced in Medicine. Some education, training and maybe even university. They would have Diagnosed and suggest things but never carry out the operation themselves |
| What are Wise women ? | Women trained in Herbal Remedies particularly in villages to help the poor |
| What is Phlebotomy ? | Phlebotomy is the process of making a puncture in a vein, usually in the arm, with a purpose of drawing blood |
| What are 4 Humours ? | The four humours are: Blood Black Bile Yellow Bile Phlegm |
| Connected to Humours what caused People to go sick? | An imbalance of Humours would cause you to become ill |
| Name the three things that would cure you if your Humours were imbalanced? | The theory of Opposites Purging Blood Letting/ Phlebotomy |
| What is the theory of opposites? | Galen had a theory if you added the opposite of the humour that was out of balance, it would balance it. example : If the imbalance was Phlegm which is cold and wet. to cure it you would have something hot and dry. |
| What is Purging | Purging is done wen you have too much black or yellow bile which would mean vomiting it out |
| What is Phlebotomy? | Physicians, Barber Surgeons and wise women would drop blood out either by cuting the veins or adding pressure to remove the ad Humours or imbalanced Blood |
| What was used to defeat Miasma | People had sweet smelling herbs stuffed in handkerchiefs and in home, they cleaned the toilets and the streets |
| What are the two branches of Treating the sick ? | People: -Physicians -Barber surgeons - Apothecaries Places: -Hospital -Home |
| What is an Apothecaries? | A chemist who deals with herbs |
| A benefit and Disadvantage of a Physician | Advantage Foreign Physicians can and were allowed to do major surgeries Negative From 215, since clergymen were mostly Physicians they weren't allowed to perform major surgeries and cuts |
| Advantage and Disadvantage of an Apothecaries | Advantage Since doctors were expensive, Apothecaries were a cheaper version Disadvantage Apothecaries didn't sign an oath of pledge to not harm patients so they didn't always give their patients cure and treatments but no on purpose. |
| Advantage and Disadvantage of a Barber Surgeon | Advantage Some Barber surgeons were qualified and highly skilled and trained in university Disadvantage Barber surgeons were the least qualified Medical field in England |
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