medieval(middle ages) PH,S+a TOD(muslim vs christians)
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- Created on: 10-04-16 21:01
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- medieval
- high middle ages(1066-1453)
- treatment of disease
- black death
- saw this as a punishment from god and many would whip themselves to beg for forgiveness
- infected people houses boarded up
- saw this as a punishment from god and many would whip themselves to beg for forgiveness
- new ideas were judged not on scientific proof but on the debating skill of the person arguing
- many medieval doctors continued to use the four humours,they also said disease was caused by bad smells,demons , sin , jews, stars
- no idea that dirt carried disease and infection
- muslim doctors writings became available
- urine chart and four humours to treat and diagnose people
- doctors accepted ancient ideas without question
- black death
- surgery and anatomy
- church forbid dissection of bodies so no new discoveries could be made
- anatomy lectures were readings of galens work whilst someone pointed at a human body
- this created ignorance and lead to lots of errors in medieveal doctors practice
- baber surgeons had no training. treated regular people and people on battlefeilds
- in high demand due to constant fighting
- surgery progressed whilst medicine did not
- used wine as an antisepptic
- opium madrake and root as anaesthetics
- could do some internal and external surgery
- trephining was still around to cure epilepsy by letting demons out
- used wine as an antisepptic
- surgery progressed whilst medicine did not
- developed new ways of doing things
- in high demand due to constant fighting
- church forbid dissection of bodies so no new discoveries could be made
- public health
- there was a lack of resources to build public health systems
- no sewers or water pipes
- human waste and rubbish thrown into the streets
- rats lice and fleas flourished
- had their own version of greek health program and were advised to wash their face clean their teeth and excersise
- noticed importance of a good diet
- people bathed 2-4 times a year
- kings passed lwas to keep the streets cleaned
- people didn't always obey
- butchers carried waste through the streets and it was put into the river
- people didn't always obey
- public toilets and town bath houses
- factors
- church controlled knowledge and encouraged prayer and superstition
- insisted on galens work
- social disorder and war dissruped medical progress
- church controlled knowledge and encouraged prayer and superstition
- treatment of disease
- dark ages (476-1066)
- after the collapse of the roman empire a lot of knowledge was lost
- Europe(Christians)
- Europe was divided into a huge number of small 'fiefdoms' each governed by a lord
- these tiny states couldn't afford universities or public health systems
- galens books read by physicians
- church controlled universities
- ancient writing and galens work shouldn't be questioned
- prayed for forgiveness
- church preserved galens work
- people prosecuted for saying doctors should do their own research
- Europe was divided into a huge number of small 'fiefdoms' each governed by a lord
- middle east
- many ideas of the greeks and romans only survived int he muslim cities
- translated galens books into Arabic to learn from
- islam taught people to look after the sick
- first arab hospital in Baghdad (805)
- provided medical care and prayers for the sick in hospitals
- al-kazi studied galen and Hippocrates and taught from them
- ibh sina 'galen of islam' used work of greeks
- challenged errors and encouraged new ideas
- open to new ideas and theories
- Europe(Christians)
- communications were difficult and dangerous so ideas travelled slowly.the monasteries managed to hang on to some knowledge and the ablilty to read and write
- in 1258 Baghdad was destroyed and much ancient knowledge that was retained was taken back to the east
- after the collapse of the roman empire a lot of knowledge was lost
- high middle ages(1066-1453)
- after 1066 civilisation began to recover .universities were established , kings became more powerful and established courts as a centre of wealth and culture.trade and communication, especially by sea,grew.towns became larger which created many health problems
- many wars happened at this time(between muslims and Christians)
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