Religion - medicine
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- Created on: 04-03-19 17:00
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- Religion and superstition
- supernatural + astrology
- supposed cause of illness during black death 1348
- stemmed from egyptian, roman and greek views
- many doctors consulted the stars when treating patients, saying magical words.
- Christianity
- church forbid dissections
- could never challenge galens belief on anatomy
- believed in creating good hygiene hospitals for the sick
- church forbid dissections
- Islam
- muslim hospitals were better developed than christian hospitals
- The Quran supported scientific discovery
- Avicenna - canon of medicine
- alchemy - used distillation which helped the development of drugs
- supernatural + astrology
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