medieval - 1250-1500

• when did the black death reach england ?

  1348
• the black death was new and unfamiliar
• main symptom of black death ?

  buboes
• main causes of black death is ?

  1. god punishment for sins
  2. astrology
  3. miasma
• one main natural cause of black death was astrology but which three planets were involved ?

  mars , jupiter and saturn
• what did miasma mean ?

  impure/bad air
• supernatural treatement of black death ?

  confessing sin , praying
• 3 natural treatements for black death ?

  • purging
  • bleeding
  • herbal remedies
• one treatment that involved buboes ?

  lancing buboes
• preventions of black death- supernatural ?

  • pray to god
  • fast
  • self-flagellation
• natural preventions of black death ?

  • escaping - running away
  • carry posy - flowers / herbs
  • avoid bathing
• common beliefs of preventions of black death ?

  • stop visiting family who caught plague
  • quarantine
• what did the local government want to do to prevent black death but couldn't as they didn't have power ?

  wanted to ban religious processions , preaching , rich people moved freely and church ran as normal
• name 4 causes of black death ?

  • miasma
  • god punish
  • astrology
  • unbalanced humours
• how did the black death get to Britain ?

  from ships, travelling / trading
• when was the black death in Britain ?

  1348
• name 3 natural treatments of black death ?

  • purging
  • bloodletting
  • herbal remedies
• name 3 supernatural preventions of black death ?

  praying , self flagellation and fasting
• what law was put in place to prevent spread of black death ?

  quarantine
• what was an apothecary and what did they sell during BD ?

  they mixed herbal remedies , got their knowledge from own experiences and passed down through family they sold herbal remedies and charms , amulets and they had good medical knowledge
• the church was highly influential and affected peoples beliefs
• what did the church not support as a cause of the black death ?

  astrology
• all learning and influence was taught by who ?

  church
• the church supported which key individuals work ?

  Galen
• the church feared change and as a result their ideas continued
• universities were ran by the church where physicians were trained therefore the ideas promoted fitted with churches beliefs
• the church copied out books - which were promoted by which key individual ?

  Galen
• why did the church support and follow Galens ideas ?

  because he believed that body had a soul which us what they believed in to
• all physicians had to read the work of who ?

  Galen and hippocrates
• no dissection of human body was aloud this meant ideas couldn't move on
• due to dissection not being aloud this resulted in what ?

  lack of scientific development
• what institution slowed down scientific development ?

  the church
• what did physicians instead do with ideas on cause , treatment and prevention of disease ?

  they looked back for ideas instead of developing new ideas
• name one invention that helped speed up creation of medical textbooks ?

  printing press but small impact in medieval period due to the power of church but it impacted renaissance time period
• when was the printing press developed ?

  1440
• what were the 4 humours ?

  • blood
  • phlegm
  • yellow bile
  • black bile
• natural causes of black death ?

  • four humours imbalanced
  • theory of opposites
  • miasma
• who created theory of opposites ?

  Galen
• the theory of opposites built on four humor theory it covered every explanation of cause of disease at the time due to what ?

  lack of scientific ideas
• one way to check balance of humours ?

  urine chart - physicians -examine urine by checking color , smell , even taste it