Medicine in c1350
The Four Humours
Theory of Opposities
The Christian Church
Medical Training
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- Medicine in c1350
- The four humours
- Hippocrates theory (Greek Doctor)
- People believed unbalanced humours caused disease
- Theory carried on into the Middle ages
- Theory of opposites
- Galen's theory (also a Greek doctor)
- Based on the theory of the four humours
- The Christian Church
- Christianity had influence over medicine
- The church taught that people should follow Jesus and care for the sick
- People believed that God made people ill because he was displeased with them or it was to test their faith
- Medical research was held back as people didn't believe there was a rational explanation for disease
- The church controlled education, only ideas approved by the church were taught
- Galen's ideas fitted in with church beliefs
- The church didn't allow dissection and didn't approve of people challenging ideas and authority
- Christianity had influence over medicine
- Medical Training
- 12th century, universities set up medical schools where physicians trained.
- Most teaching was through books by Christian and Muslim doctors but mostly by Galen.
- 12th century, universities set up medical schools where physicians trained.
- The four humours
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