Medicine Through Time - Overview

Medieval England, C 1250-1500 (middle ages?)

The Renaissance, C 1500-1700 (16th-17th century)

18th and 19th century Britian, C 1700-1900

Modern Britain, C1900-Present day

Medieval, C 1250-1500

Ideas about causes of disease and illness

• God's punishment
• Four humours (black bile, yellow bile, blood, phlegm)
• Miasma (bad air)

Methods of PREVENTING disease and illness

• Pomanders
• Sweet smelling herbs
• Fires
• Praying

Methods of TREATING disease and illness

• Bleeding
• Purging/ vomiting
• Herbal remedies

Renaissance, C 1500-1700

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