Middle ages

• What were the main causes of disease in the Middle Ages?

  The Four Humours, Miasma, God/Religion
• What did Hippocrates believe about health?

  Healthy = balanced humours, Sick = unbalanced
• Who coined the Theory of Opposites?

  Galen
• How did the Church influence medical practices?

  Supported ancient texts and physicians' theories
• What was believed to cause disease according to the miasma theory?

  Stinking air
• What did King Edward III blame for the Black Death?

  Miasma
• What common disease was linked to punishment from God?

  Leprosy
• How did superstition influence medical practices in the Middle Ages?

  People used astrology for treatments and diagnoses
• What were some religious treatments in the Middle Ages?

  Prayer, fasting, pilgrimages
• What herbal remedies were commonly used?

  Honey for wounds, animal parts, herbs
• How did treatments reflect the causes of disease in the Middle Ages?

  Treatments often aligned with four humours and religion
• What were the main types of medical practitioners in the Middle Ages?

  • Physicians: 7 years training, used urine charts
  • Apothecaries: Produced medicines, no medical qualifications
  • Barber surgeons: Untrained, used wound man for diagnosis
  • Wise women: Provided herbal remedies and local charms
• What was the Regimen Sanitatis?

  A book of hygiene promoted by physicians
• How did public health measures vary in the Middle Ages?

  Some care in cities, but poor conditions overall
• What was the first hospital opened in England?

  St Bartholomew's
• What was the primary purpose of medieval hospitals?

  To provide care, not cure
• How did the Black Death illustrate the lack of medical progress?

  40% of the population died
• What were common beliefs about the causes of the Black Death?

  Caused by God, astrology, and miasma
• What were some prevention methods during the Black Death?

  Quarantine, herbal remedies, seeking forgiveness
• What were the key influences on medical practices in the Middle Ages?

  • Hippocrates and Galen's theories
  • Religious beliefs and practices
  • Superstitions and astrology
  • Miasma theory
• What did the Bible teach about disease?

  Disease is sent from God for sins
• How did the Church's involvement affect medical progress?

  It banned any medical progress