Medieval Medicine

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What did people believe caused disease?
Demons, sin, bad smells, stagnant water, astrology and the stars
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Who did people believe controlled life?
God and his saints
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What were medical ideas based on?
Superstition and religious belief
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What were the Four Humours?
Four bodily fluids: yellow bile, black bile, blood and phlegm
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What was the miasma theory?
Disease was caused in the air by the presence of a miasma, a poisonous vapor suspended in particles of decaying matter, characterised by its bad smell
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What were apothecaries?
Medicine makers with access to natural healing herbs and substances, who followed a doctor to his patients.
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What were barber surgeons?
Untrained and unskilled surgeons in hopsitals whose job was a barber.
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Why were operations dangerous?
They had no knowledge of germs, so instruments were often contaminated which led to infections and eventually death.
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What were the four institutions for the poor and sick?
Leper houses - hostels for pilgrims - institutions for the sick and poor - almshouses
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What did hospital care revolve around?
A religious life and spiritual healing
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Who cared for the sick?
Sisters and nurses - there were no trained medical professionals
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