Medieval Medicine C1250- 1500
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- Created on: 09-06-21 16:26
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- Medieval Medicine C1250-1500
- Medieval Cures
- leeches to remove blood
- natural remedies
- herbal remedies
- e.g. poppy + hemlock
- purging and bleeding to balance the 4 humours
- Medieval Surgery
- cauterization instead of cleaning wounds
- surgeons did not need qualifications
- surgery was basic (tooth pulling + amputation)
- barber surgeons had bad reputations through lack of education
- patients died due to infections + blood loss.
- stopping progress
- war- Roman Empire was replaced
- religion- the church was powerful
- poor talking- Roman roads were destroyed making it harder to spread medical ideas
- Explanation of Disease
- astrology- alignment of planet & stars.
- the 4 humours
- miasma- bad smell through the air
- disease was a punishment from God
- invisible poisons
- The Black Death
- 1348- regular outbreaks spread through the Middle Ages
- Bubonic Plague- spread by fleas living on rats
- caused swelling buboes and death
- Pneumonic Plague- spread through the air
- Medieval public health
- towns were dirty
- open sewers
- human & animal waste was thrown in streets and rivers and
- cess pits- pits in the ground which collected waste
- public health became worse
- Roman Public health was destroyed in war
- spent a lot of money on weapons for war instead of medicine
- towns were dirty
- Churches Help
- set up medical schools to train doctors
- set up hospitals where the elderly could rest
- set up monasteries with a fresh water system. the water system was only used by monks
- spread Galen's & Hippocrates' work.
- Churches Prevention
- dissection was forbidden
- all books were handwritten
- this stopped any criticisms of Galen's work
- taught people disease was a punishment from God
- taught religious cures.
- e.g. whipping
- Medieval Cures
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