Religion

• What did the church believe in about treatment in medieval times?

  They believed in ‘care not cure‘ and praying rather than using medicine to help the patient
• Information about hospitals during the medieval period?

  Hospitals were in monasteries and staffed by nuns
• How did the church hinder surgery?

  The church didn’t allow human dissections which stopped further research and knowledge on the human anatomy
• Who challenged the churches ban of human dissections and what was his punishment?

  Vesalius, he was put into exile
• How are the modern church helping?

  They run food banks to help the poor

  Rowntree was a quaker and he was inspired by his religion to study york and help the poor
• What is the Doctrine of Signatures?

  Natural remedies to disease are somewhere to be found
• Why didn’t the church like chloroform?

  They though chloroform as an anaesthetic was wrong as childbirth pain was sent as punishment from God for Eve’s sin
• Who did the church support the most?

  They believe in Galens ideas because he spoke a lot about the creator so if someone opposed Galen, they’d be criticised
• Who opposed Galen?

  Harvey opposed Galens ideas on circulation
• What did the church do during the epidemics?

  Black death and Plague- they whip themselves, they’d march while praying

  Cholera- they thought it was the poor‘s fault as they’re sinful so it’s a punishment from Good
• What time period was the Black Death in?

  Medieval
• What time period was the Great Plague in?

  Early modern