Ideas: Supernatural and Religious
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- Causes of Disease (Medieval).
- Supernatural and Religious.
- God
- It was beliieved that God made people ill because He was eithe displeased with them or was testing their faith.
- Meant that people believed that there was no need to search for other potential causes of disease.
- Held back medical research and meant that few new ideas appeared in Medieval Times
- Astrology
- The alignment of planets and stars was thought to cause some dieases.
- Astrology was used to help diagnose what was wrong with a patient.
- Use of astrology wasn't new in 1250 but it increased massively through thisperiod, especially after the Black Death and the Church becoming more accepting.
- God
- Rational.
- The Four Humours.
- Blood, Black Bile, Yellow Bile, Phlegm.
- The Ancient Greeks thought that everyone had a mix of four humours in their body.
- They believed people became ill when this mix was unbalanced.
- So to make people better they tried to put this balance right.
- They believed people became ill when this mix was unbalanced.
- Theory of Opposites.
- In the 2nd Century AD, a doctor called Galen developed the idea of the Four Humours.
- Treatment based on his theory aimed to balance the humours by giving the patient the 'opposite' of their symptoms.
- In the 2nd Century AD, a doctor called Galen developed the idea of the Four Humours.
- The Four Humours.
- Supernatural and Religious.
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