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Medecine through time c.1250 - present (middle ages (treatment /…
Medecine through time c.1250 - present
middle ages
causes of disease
religion
devil
sent by god to cleanse sin
punishment by god
leprosy was main illness sent by god to punish sins
supernatural
alighnment of stars and planets
star charts used to see how to treat illness
black death = bad planet alighnment
other
theory of the 4 humours
blood
phlegm
black bile - blood clots in vomit
cholera / yellow bile
miasma/ bad air
treatment / prevention
prayer
blanc mangier - food made from chicken and almonds
pilgrimages
baths
touching king - divine ruler
blood-letting
herbal remedies
healthy diet
cleanliness
different medical professions
physicians
diagnose illness
medical degree
hard to get
10 years in medical school
paris
oxford
cambridge
expensive to hire
lesser profesionals
carried out the treatment diagnosed by physicians
clergy
couldnt undertake some treatments
surgeons
well trained
removed cataracts from eyes
set broken bones
removed arrows from bodies
couldnt read or write
barber-surgeons
both barbers and surgeons
bleed patients
use no anestetics
bandaged bloody arm outside door as advertisment - the barber pole we see today
apothacaries
mixed herbal remedies
chemists
treated not diagnosed
opposed by church
trial and error used
cheap
gave hope to the poor
amulets/ charms
the black death
spread
Far East
sicily 1347
coast of england
covered england
cures
bleeding and purging
the treatment for any other illness
prayer
to repent sins
herbs
get rid of miasma
boiling vinegar
get rid of miasma
how the government tried stopping the spread
didnt have much power
church continued
the government asked that there should be no large gatherings
stopped cleaning streets
smell cleared the miasma