medieval medics

• what training did medieval doctors have?

  attended uni

  learned Galen/Hippocratic methods
• what was the role of the church in training doctors?

  many unis funded by catholic church

  influenced by churches beliefs
• what methods did doctors use?

  4 humours

  diagnosis-rarely treated a patient themselves

  sample study-urine,blood,faeces

  astrology
• why didn't many people visit physicians?


  expensive

  only really based in large towns

  not many doctors anyway
• what were apothecaries?


  people who sold herbal remedies
• how did apothecaries train?


  no formal education

  most had knowledge through family/experience

  "Materia medica" to study herbal remedies
• what were barber surgeons?

  Barber surgeons would carry out basic surgery

  .They learned their skills from watching others and reading books about surgery.
• what were the risks of using a barber surgeon

  lots of people died from infections/wounds
• what were medieval hospitals like?


  mostly run by church

  monks/nuns cared for patients

  care not treat
• who did medieval hospitals care for?

  used to house poor/elderly

  hospitals that did care for sick only provided basic nursing
• how did wisewomen treat the sick?

  gave first aid

  herbal remedies

  supernatural cures
• what was surgery like in medieval times?

  dangerous

  not many survived
• what were the problems with surgery?

  Pain, infection and blood loss
• who was john ardene?

  english surgeon
• what did john ardene achieve?

  created guild of surgeons

  used opium as anaesthetic

  wrote book called "pratica" which showed realistic drawings of surgery and surgical instruments