Medieval

• Name the four humours.

  • Blood
  • Black bile
  • yellow bile
  • phlegm
• What did Hippocrates do?

  He came up with the idea of the four humours
• Who was Galen?


  A Greek who built on Hippocrates theory and came up with the idea of the four opposites.
• During this time the church controlled everything and the books that told people what was going on were written by monks.
• What was the occupation of 90% of the medieval population?

  farming
• Why did the printing press help the development of medical knowledge?

  It help spread ideas quickly and no longer needed to be approved by monks.
• The church controled the education and it wasn't until the 1400s that 50% could read
• Why did medicine not move quickly?

  They were taught to respect tradition
• What were the butchers like?

  they were very unhygienic with all the dirty animals
• The king was concerned with wars so it was always the councils job to keep the streets clean, but they didn't have a lot of money.