Medical Medicine and Civilisation
- Created by: Eleanor Taylor
- Created on: 18-02-13 15:56
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- Medival Times
- Medival Civilisation
- 5th Century AD- Europe developed into small fiefdoms.
- Division meant knowledge was spread slowly, as communications were difficult and dangerous
- Academic knowledge were held in monastries
- There were no universities
- Very few common people could read or write, most were superstitious.
- After 1066, universities were established, trade and communications developed, especially by the sea.
- HOWEVER, knowledge about medicine stagnated, knowledge was lost when the roman empire collapsed.
- There were a lack of resources to build public health systems.
- Medical Knowledge
- Ancient knowledge of Greeks and Romans had been mostly lost in Europe.
- People were mostly dominated by the church and superstition
- Galen was the only text supported by the Church
- The Church forbade dissection and investigation of the body.
- University lectures on anatomy were still very basic, and new ideas were introduced based on a students debating skills, not through scientific proof
- Many medical doctors said disease was caused by demons, sin, bad smells, astrology, stagnant water and Jews.
- The Medival Ages were the period between the Roman Empire (AD476) and the Renaissance (1473)
- The Dark ages were AD476- 1066
- The High Middle Ages were 1066-1473
- Medival Civilisation
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