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Before Medieval period
Stone Age : evidence of herbal medicine and trepanning Indus Valley civilisation: flushable toilets, clean civilisation, sewage underground Egyptians: 3000BC doctors & priest, knowledge of heart, liver lungs and blood Greeks: doctors, bonesetters, su
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The Four Humours
Hippocrates, a famous Greek physician and doctor came up with the idea of the four humours. He believed that when a person was unwell it was because their humours were unbalanced. The four humours are made up of, Yellow bile ( vomit ), Black Bile (
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Observing Patients
Hippocrates also showed how important it is to observe patients and their symptoms and learn from this. Furthermore he believed that diet and rest were important for a patients recovery , and this created the hippocratic oath which means that doctors
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Hippocrates
Hippocrates: Believed God did not make people unwell, Thought about human waste, came up with four humours, observed patients and symptoms
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Galen
Galen: wrote an autobiography, believed the brain controlled speech, knowledgable of brain and liver e.t.c.. studied in Egypt- mummification, dissected animals therefore making mistakes, worked with four humours, experimented on animals & proved his
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What medieval people thought caused illness?
1) Gods punishment for sinners 2) Bad Air, bad smells, miasma- belief that air could be polluted by smells e.g cities, sewage, 3) Everyday life-many accepted that life was harsh and illness was just a part of life 4) Supernatural belief in witchcraft
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Hippocrates, a famous Greek physician and doctor came up with the idea of the four humours. He believed that when a person was unwell it was because their humours were unbalanced. The four humours are made up of, Yellow bile ( vomit ), Black Bile (

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Hippocrates also showed how important it is to observe patients and their symptoms and learn from this. Furthermore he believed that diet and rest were important for a patients recovery , and this created the hippocratic oath which means that doctors

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Galen: wrote an autobiography, believed the brain controlled speech, knowledgable of brain and liver e.t.c.. studied in Egypt- mummification, dissected animals therefore making mistakes, worked with four humours, experimented on animals & proved his

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