Explain the significance of Christianity to the development of medicine (8)
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Explain the significance of Christianity to the development of medicine (8)
Christianity was extremely significant to the development of medicine because it hindered progress in surgery. For example, the Christian Church promoted the ideas of Galen, and put a great deal of effort into defending his ideas, as they fitted with the Christian faith. Due to this, it was very difficult to oppose the ideas of Galen, or do any research that could suggest Galen and his ideas were wrong. The 13th century monk, Roger Bacon, was arrested for suggesting that doctors should do their own research, and not trust the books, something which showed just how strong and far reaching the influence of the Church was. Galen had extended Hippocrates’ idea of the Four Humours, and had established the Theory of Opposites. This was significant because when people became ill, it was believed that the best treatment was bloodletting (which balanced the Four Humours). However, bloodletting did not help the patient, so as a result, very little progress in medicine was made in the Medieval period, as Galen’s ideas were very influential and long-lasting. In addition,…
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