Medieval medicine

• What was the first hospital called that opened in 1123?

  St Bartholomew's
• What was the primary role of physicians in medieval medicine?

  To diagnose based on observations
• Who trained physicians during the medieval period?

  The church at university
• Why did physicians lack anatomical knowledge?

  Dissection was banned
• How did apothecaries learn to make herbal remedies?

  From their families
• What was the role of wise women in medieval medicine?

  They provided medical skills and remedies
• What was the main focus of hospitals in the medieval period?

  Care not cure
• What did the church believe about disease during the Middle Ages?

  It was a punishment from God
• What significant event occurred in 1348?

  The Black Death swept through Europe
• What did Hippocrates develop in 400 BC?

  Theory of the Four Humours
• What did Galen create based on Hippocrates' ideas?

  Theory of Opposites
• How did Galen's Theory of Opposites work?

  Use the opposite humour to rebalance
• What did physicians encourage to treat imbalances in humours?

  Use of leeches and cupping
• What was a common herbal remedy used by wise women?

  Honey for infections
• What did people do to seek cures for their illnesses?

  Prayed to God
• What was trepanning used for by barber surgeons?

  To remove demons from skulls
• What did most people believe could prevent disease?

  Only God
• What was the Regimen Sanitatis?

  Instructions for hygiene and diet
• How did people purify the air during the medieval period?

  By carrying sweet herbs
• What were the believed causes of the Black Death?

  Supernatural or miasma
• What was the main prevention method against the Black Death?

  Avoiding the infected
• What did local governments do during the Black Death?

  Quarantined people
• What are the key components of medieval medicine?

  • Physicians: trained by the church, no dissection
  • Apothecaries: herbal remedies, informal training
  • Wise women: local medical skills, first aid
  • Hospitals: care not cure, religious influence
• What were the main ideas about the cause of disease in medieval times?

  • Disease as punishment from God
  • Influence of astrology
  • Miasma theory: bad smells causing illness
  • Four Humours: balance of bodily fluids
• What were the treatment methods used in medieval medicine?

  • Galen's Theory of Opposites
  • Herbal remedies by wise women
  • Surgery by barber surgeons
  • Prayer and religious rituals
• What were the prevention methods against disease in medieval times?

  • Reliance on God through prayer
  • Lifestyle advice from physicians
  • Purifying the air with herbs
  • Quarantine during outbreaks
• How did the Black Death influence medieval medicine?

  • Shift in focus to prevention
  • Increased reliance on prayer and superstition
  • Limited government intervention
  • Highlighted the inadequacies of medical practices