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• What are the two categories of medieval treatments?

  Supernatural and natural
• What does "Supernatural" mean in the context of medieval treatments?

  Beyond nature, often spiritual or religious
• How were supernatural treatments related to the perceived causes of disease?

  If the cause was supernatural, so was the treatment
• What was one common religious treatment for illness?

  Prayer to a particular saint
• Who was St. Valentine associated with in medieval treatments?

  Epilepsy and the plague
• What was the purpose of confessing sins in medieval treatments?

  To gain God's forgiveness and remove illness
• What might a sick person do as part of a pilgrimage?

  Travel to a saint's shrine for healing
• What was a notable location for healing waters in medieval times?

  A holy well in Canterbury
• Why might some people not fight their disease in medieval times?

  They believed it was part of God's plan
• What was the focus of natural treatments in medieval times?

  Treating symptoms rather than the disease
• Who were the most expensive healers in medieval times?

  Physicians or doctors
• What ancient ideas did physicians use to diagnose patients?

  Hippocratic ideas and balancing humors
• What method did physicians use to balance the humors?

  Bloodletting and purging
• What were phlebotomy charts used for?

  To help bleed patients correctly
• What role did apothecaries play in medieval medicine?

  They mixed medicines for a price
• What were theriacs in medieval medicine?

  Medicines with exotic ingredients
• What were quacks known for in medieval times?

  Promoting fraudulent cure-alls
• What services did barber surgeons provide?

  Basic external surgery and tooth pulling
• Why was surgery considered dangerous in medieval times?

  Lack of anesthetics and antiseptics
• What was the primary role of women in medieval healthcare?

  Providing healthcare in the home
• What did Margaret Paston warn her husband about?

  Medicine from physicians in London
• What was the focus of hospitals in medieval times?

  Care rather than cure
• When was the first hospital in England created?

  1123 at Saint Bartholomew's
• Who initially set up hospitals in medieval England?

  Monasteries run by monks
• How many hospitals were there in England by 1500?

  1,500 hospitals
• What were Lazar hospitals designed for?

  Caring for leprosy sufferers
• How were leprosy sufferers viewed in medieval society?

  As unclean and punished by God
• What was the relationship between natural and supernatural treatments in medieval times?

  They often went hand in hand
• What was the patron saint of lepers?

  Mary Magdalene
• What did medieval treatments primarily seek to do?

  Relieve symptoms rather than cure illness
• How did the understanding of disease causes influence medieval treatments?

  It divided treatments into supernatural and natural