Medicine Through Time
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- Medicine Through Time
- Medieval England
- Disease and the Supernatural
- People believed disease was a punishment for sins
- They believed that disease existed to show them the error of their ways.
- They believed the cure was prayer and repentance
- The Catholic church dominated peoples thoughts and beliefs
- They encouraged people to believe God sent disease
- This prevented people trying to find cures for disease
- The Church made sure that Medicine scholars learnt Galens ideas.
- This is because they fit Christian beliefs.
- They also outlawed dissection
- This meant doctors couldn't discover ideas about the body themselves.
- They instead had to learn Galens incorrect ideas
- This meant doctors couldn't discover ideas about the body themselves.
- The Church made sure that Medicine scholars learnt Galens ideas.
- This prevented people trying to find cures for disease
- They encouraged people to believe God sent disease
- The Catholic church dominated peoples thoughts and beliefs
- They believed the cure was prayer and repentance
- They believed that disease existed to show them the error of their ways.
- Witches were also thought to cause disease
- Many people were tried and executed as witches
- Some people believed evil spirits inside people could cause disease
- Church members would perform exorcisms to remove the spirits.
- Some people believed evil spirits inside people could cause disease
- Many people were tried and executed as witches
- Astrology was often used to diagnose disease
- Doctors owned a type of calendar called an almanac
- This included information on the alignment of planets and stars and how this related to patients illness.
- Different starsigns were thought to affect different parts of the body.
- This included information on the alignment of planets and stars and how this related to patients illness.
- Doctors owned a type of calendar called an almanac
- People believed disease was a punishment for sins
- Rational Explanations for disease
- The four humours theory
- Created by Hippocrates
- The body is made up of blood, phlegm, black bile and yellow bile
- These were linked to the four seasons and four elements.
- All four had to be balanced for good health.
- Bloodletting and purging were commonly used to balance the humours.
- All four had to be balanced for good health.
- These were linked to the four seasons and four elements.
- The body is made up of blood, phlegm, black bile and yellow bile
- The theory of opposites.
- Created by Galen, a development of the four humours theory
- Diseases could be treated using opposites.
- Colds could be treated with hot and dry foods such as wine and pepper.
- Diseases could be treated using opposites.
- Created by Galen, a development of the four humours theory
- Created by Hippocrates
- Miasma Theory
- Breathing in bad smelling air causes disease
- People often carried nice smelling herbs and flowers around to ward off miasma.
- Miasma often prompted people to do hygienic things like cleaning streets which sometimes helped prevent disease spreading
- People often carried nice smelling herbs and flowers around to ward off miasma.
- Breathing in bad smelling air causes disease
- The four humours theory
- Disease and the Supernatural
- Medieval England
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