Medieval Medicine - Part 2:
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- Medicine In Medieval England 2:
- The Four Humours Theory:
- Doctors believed illness might be caused by an imbalance of the humours.
- Theory evolved through introduction of astrology.
- Doctors believed that the position of stars could tell you your illness.
- Human dissection findings were interpreted as the theory of the four humours.
- Some doctors later challenged traditional understanding
- Public Health Measures:
- Towns lacked the public health schemes of the Romans.
- People relied on cesspits and wells.
- Waste was frequently disposed of in the streets.
- People relied on cesspits and wells.
- People found drinking beer was healthier, rather than water.
- Towns lacked the public health schemes of the Romans.
- The Black Death:
- The plague was spread by coughs and sneezes or black rats.
- Black rats came from overseas via the ships.
- Ships were quarantined for 40 days before landing.
- The plague arrived in 1348 and its victims were struck down suddenly most died.
- Symptoms included exhaustion, high temperatures, swellings, and difficulty breathing.
- Black rats came from overseas via the ships.
- Cause:
- Miasma - so they carried sweet herbs and sat between 2 fires.
- God - tried to treat by praying, or self-flagellations
- Imbalance of Humours - use of opposites, purging, vomiting and blood letting.
- Poisoned waters - they blamed the Jews.
- The plague was spread by coughs and sneezes or black rats.
- New Development:
- There were more schools built and human dissection became allowed.
- Some more doubts about classical texts.
- New techniques included diagnosis by urine sample.
- Doctors began to rely more on astrology - the study of stars.
- Trained doctors were very expensive.
- The poor relied on housewife-physicians and local monasteries.
- They relied on traditional cures and their own experiences.
- The poor relied on housewife-physicians and local monasteries.
- Development In Surgery:
- Great demand for surgery because of warfare.
- Surgeries held in low regard because they were often performed by barber-surgeons.
- Wine was first used as an antiseptic.
- Surgical treatments were still simple as major surgeries were too risky.
- Great demand for surgery because of warfare.
- There were more schools built and human dissection became allowed.
- The Four Humours Theory:
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