religion & superstition

Cards (4)

  • how did the Quran impact medicine?
    it contained support for scientific discovering and learning. Muslim hospitals were better developed than Christian's hospitals. After Abulcasis' work, surgery was much more effective.
  • in medieval times, what were believed to be the supernatural cause of illness?
    • astrology
    • witches
    • God
  • how did Christianity negatively impact medicine?
    the Church forbade dissections unless they were on criminals that had been executed. This meant that Galen's mistaken beliefs about the anatomy could not be corrected. The same beliefs affected Islam.
  • how did Christianity positively affect medicine?
    Christians believed in creating hospitals with good hygiene to care for the sick.