History: medieval England treating diseases
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- medieval england: Treating diseases
- prayer and repentence: supernatural
- disease was believed to be a punishment from God
- the sick prayed to saints in the hope they would stop illness
- flagellants whipped themselves in public in order to show God that they were sorry
- many doctors believed saying certain words while giving a treatment could make treatment more effective
- blood letting and purging: natural
- popular treatments as they fitted with the four humours theory
- if someone had too much blood, doctor would take blood out through blood letting
- some people accidentally killed because of blood letting
- purging is the act of getting rid of other fluids from body by excreting
- doctors gave patients laxatives to help purging process
- purifying the air: supernatural
- the miasma theory led people to believe in purifying and cleaning air to prevent sickness
- physicians carried posies or oranges around with them when visiting patients
- during black death juniper, myrrh and incense were burned so smoke or scent fill the room
- remedies: natural
- remedies bought from apothecary, local wise women or made at home
- all popular in medieval britain contained herbs, spices, animal parts, minerals
- remedies either passed down or written in books
- other remedies based on superstition
- remedies bought from apothecary, local wise women or made at home
- healers
- physicians
- male doctors who have trained in university, little training
- apothecary, prepared and sole remedies, gave advise on how to use them. most common form of treatment in Britain
- apothecaries trained through apprenticeships, most men but there were 'wise women'
- physicians
- hospitals
- most public hospitals set up and run by church, popular and highly regarded
- main purpose of hospitals to care for patient not treat. provided food and water and a warm place to stay
- more hygienic then elsewhere developed water and sewage systems
- some monasteries also cared for sick, elderly and poor
- most sick people treated at home by members of family
- surgery
- medieval surgery was dangerous
- no way to prevent blood loss
- no way to prevent blood loss, infection,pain therefore only did minor procedures
- not respected profession in medieval times, most operations carried out by barber surgeons
- progress in surgery
- hugh of Lucca questioned Galens ideas
- began dressing wounds with bandages soaked in wine, noticed that wine kept wounds clean, prevent infection
- realised pus was a healthy sign, released toxins in body
- John of Ardene created a recipe for anaesthetic included hemlock, opium and henbane
- prayer and repentence: supernatural
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