causes
miasma
urine charts
religion
influence of Hippocrates
Influence of Galen
Bad air that was belived to be filled with harmful fumes. Suggested that swamps, corpes and other rotting matters could transmit diseases.
famine - caused malnutrition and made people more likely to fall ill. The Church often explained famine by saying that it was a punishment for sin
The church told people that disease was either punishment for sin or a test from the devil. People also believed that disease was sent to purify someone's souls
Leprosy - Was included in then bible as an illustration of a punishment for sin. Leprosy usually begins as a painful skin disease and then is followed by paralysis and finally death. There was no cure so lepers were banned from communities.
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Astrology - physicians would consult star charts to help identify what was wrong. Traditionally the curch didnt like astrology but afte rthe Black Death, it became more popular and the church became more accepting.
The four humours - blood, phlegm, black bile, yellow bile. There was a belie that the four humour must be balence for good health. Seasons of birth and family could make certain humours stronger.
wrote more than 350 books
physcian to the romna emporer
developed the theory of the 4 humours
The Articella - contained directly translated works from Hippocrates and Galena and a Persian doctor called Hunayn ibn-Is'haq.
The church - backed up the perfect design theory and all of the others. They controlled medical knowledge in the early middle ages.
Also associated with god. Mad air/miasma = sin
didn't blame urine for making people ill but they did studdy it find the cause
check the colour, thickness, smell and even taste
would have been compared with a urine chart