Medieval illness

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What did medieval people think made them ill?
(one of) God, supernatural, bad smells and every day life.
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Who was born in 460 BC?
Hippocrates.
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Who improved Hippocrates ideas?
Galen.
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What is one of the humours?
Yellow bile, black, phlegm or blood
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How long was the medieval period?
1066 to around 1450.
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What did you have to do to become a barber surgeon?
Get a apprenticeship before becoming qualified.
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How was the apprenticeship for a apothecaries ?
7 years.
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How would wise women get their wisdom and skills?
Passed from from family.
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How many U.T.P were there in the UK?
Fewer than a hundred.
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How would you find a Barber surgeon?
A bloodied arm outside their shop window.
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What would Apothecaries sell?
Medicines as well as herbs and spices.
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What things were taught to U.T.P?
Greek, roman and sometimes Arab theories.
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U.T.P would use what chart to diagnose patients?
Zodiac charts.
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True or false. Barber surgeons were not expensive?
False, they were actually expensive.
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What is their main service?
Trimming hair and beards.
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What were some of the things that barber surgeons did?
Pulling teeth and setting bones.
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What did U.T.P do when testing a patient's urine?
look, smell, and even taste.
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What did Hippocrates believe for patients to recover?
Diet and recovery.
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What did Galen to prove the brain control the body and not the heart?
Cut into the pigs neck so then it would begin squealing.
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How many books did Galen write?
He wrote 60 books.
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Hippocrates.

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Who was born in 460 BC?

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Galen.

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Card 4

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Yellow bile, black, phlegm or blood

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Card 5

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1066 to around 1450.

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