Medieval Times.
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- Medieval Medicine.
- Medieval Explanation of Disease.
- God + Devil: Disease was punishment from God.
- Movement Of Planets: Position of Moon + Planets could cause sickness.
- Bad Smells caused by dirt: Link between dirty conditions and disease.
- Invisible Poisons: Disease spread through air by looking at someone
- Four Humours Theory.
- Medieval Public Health.
- Became Worse
- Roman Public Health was destroyed in war.
- Medieval spent alot of their money on weapons for war instead of medicine.
- The Towns were dirty.
- Open Sewers
- Cess pits: Pits in gorund which collected waste.
- Human + Animal waste thrown in streets and rivers.
- Became Worse
- How the church held back medicine.
- Stopped criticism of Galen's work: No one corrected his mistakes.
- All books were handwritten by monks which as info controlled by the church, this stopped the spreading of new medical idea's.
- Taught people that Disease was a punishment from God/
- taught relegious cure's: whipping themselves when having black death
- Dissection was forbidden, only used to show how correct Galen was.
- Black Death.
- Arrived in 1348: Regular outbreaks through middle ages.
- Bubonic Plague: Spread by flea's on living rats. Swelling ( Buboes) + Death
- Pneumonic Plague was spread through the asir.
- How the church Helped Medicine.
- Hospitals were set up where elderly could rest.
- Set up monasteries with fresh water system but only used by monks.
- Set up medical schools to train doctors.
- Spread Galen's + hippocrates' work.
- Factor's which stopped progress.
- Poor Communication: Roman roads were destroyed, making it hard to spread medical idea's
- Religion: The church was very powerful.
- Less trade + Wealth: Trade was disrupted by war,
- War: Roman empire was replaced by different kingdoms often at war.
- Medieval Cure's.
- Purging + Bleeding to balance Four humours.
- Herbal Remedies: Poppy + Hemlock
- Natural Remedies: Onion + Garlic+ wine
- Leeches to remove Blood.
- Medieval Surgery.
- Surgeons did not need Qualifications.
- Some barber surgeons had school but bad reputations.
- Patients died due to infection and blood loss
- Surgery was basic: Tooth pulling + Amputation.
- Cauterization: instead of cleaning wound this was used.
- Medieval Explanation of Disease.
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