History- Medicine through time

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  • Created on: 02-04-18 16:09

1. How did monasteries help?

  • They didn't.
  • They acted as a hospital and were always open for the sick
  • They used chants to remove evil spirits from those suffering
  • They were always open for prayer to help those who were ill
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2. What caused the Black Death?

  • Sewers
  • God being angry with his people
  • Rodents with fleas that carried bacteria
  • Bad smells, from an overflowing privy or rotten food

3. Medieval people mostly thought _________ made them ill

  • church
  • miasthma
  • the Four Humours
  • animals

4. Who was John Hunter? (Renaissance)

  • The person who discovered the use of chloroform
  • The person who discovered that blood was pumped around the body in a circular motion
  • A famous surgeon and anatomist
  • A famous Physician

5. What did the 1875 Public Health act do?

  • Created the Central Board of Health
  • Nothing. It didn't exist. There was only one public health act, established in 1848.
  • Brought together a range of acts covering sewage and drains, water supply, housing and disease
  • Set up work houses to feed young children who couldn't afford to eat.
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