Medieval

• what was the feudal system

  90% of people lived and worked in the countryside
• what was the four humours


  blood, phlegm, yellow bile, black bile
• who was Hippocrates


  Father of medicine from ancient greece
• who was Galen


  A greek medical scholar who wrote many books, and was the basis for medicine for many centuries
• when was the printing press made


  1440
• what was incantation


  spells performed at school
• what was fasting


  avoiding eating and drinking to show devotion to god
• what caused illness

  illness was the greatest punishment for sin
• hat prevented illness

  praying
• what was miasma


  The belief that bad air or bad smells spread disease
• what was used to prevent miasma


  use herbs to keep air clean
• how did planets determine disease


  if the planets were imbalanced so cause disease
• what prevented disease with planets

  play music and carry charms
• how many people died of the black death

  6 million
• what was the death rate of pneumonic plague

  100%
• who made the printing press 


  Johanes Gutenberg
• when was the first hospital made

  1123
• what was the first hospital

  Bartholomews hospital
• what was a flagellant

  someone who punished their self for sin in the streets