People's Health-The Middle Ages

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What was the influence of Ancient ideas on medicine?
The 4 humours e.g. Black bile, yellow bile, Blood and Phlegm. People believed they needed to balance these in order to keep healthy. People were also very Christian which meant they blamed some illnesses on God
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What was the size of England's population in 1500?
10,000 people. They only had 15 towns
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Who was in charge of towns?
Mayors were in charge of making laws. There were also guilds which were groups of professional people like butchers who set standards of there trade. They were very important in medieval towns
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What was it like inside a peasants house in Medieval Times?
Smokey from the fire and there was no chimney. It was small with straw on the floor and there would be animals inside the house like cows.
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What did peasants eat in the Middle Ages?
They ate a lot of vegatables, with the most common food being pottage. They didn't eat much meat. They would also forage for nuts and honey. They had a relitavely healthy diet as long as there was a good diet.
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What did peasants in villages do with their waste?
They had a midden in their garden for their waste. Some houses had their own cess pit for waste. Most people probably dug shallow holes in their gardens and squatted over them to go to the loo.
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How did Medieval People use their waste?
It was sold to fertalise soil
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What was Medieval towns like?
They were crowded and and often the streets weren't just cobbled by stones. There were drains in the centre of the streets for the muck to flow down
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