Basic medieval medicine
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- Created on: 23-04-17 14:56
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- Medieval medicine
- Superstiton
- Kings of England and France thought to have healing powers
- Also believed that Saints had this power
- Kings of England and France thought to have healing powers
- Early medieval medicine
- 'Age of Practice'
- Bald's leechbook
- Book of medical recipies
- Life for life was the theoretical reasoning in many recipes
- Some recipes actually worked
- Some could kill anti-biotic resistant bacteria
- Book of medical recipies
- Bald's leechbook
- Empirical medicine
- Largely dismissed by medical professionals in 20CE
- Empirical medicine is a response to illness not its cause
- It included surgery, but not as a separate branch of practice
- Anaesthetic was used (herbal)
- Archaeological evidence shows it was somewhat successful in this era
- Skull of Anglo-Saxon peasant dated between 960-1100
- Fracture treatment /trepanation
- Bone was growing back, showing that they survived the procedure
- Fracture treatment /trepanation
- Skull of Anglo-Saxon peasant dated between 960-1100
- 'Age of Practice'
- Central to later medieval medicine
- Explosion of texts from this period
- Due to more regulation concerning medical practice
- Medical practitioners required training and licensing
- Due to more regulation concerning medical practice
- Humoral theory
- 4 Humors
- Blood
- Yellow bile
- Black bile
- phlegm
- An imbalance of humors is the cause of illness and mental disturbance
- 4 Humors
- Professional medicne
- Distinction between medicine and surgery
- Rise of university education
- Training could be received at Oxford and Paris in 12CE and 13CE
- Professional licensing required in Sicily from 1140
- Onwards elsewhere by 1250
- Explosion of texts from this period
- Women and medicine
- Trata of Salerno (12thCE (widely considered a women))
- Author of diseases of women
- over 122 copies left in existance; shows that the book was hugely popular
- Author of diseases of women
- Jacoba Felicie
- Condemned by Faculty of Medicine in Paris
- for practising medicine without a licence 1322
- Witnesses attested to her skill however in contrast to trained professionals
- She was condemned and excommunicated
- Condemned by Faculty of Medicine in Paris
- Trata of Salerno (12thCE (widely considered a women))
- Superstiton
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