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Prevention and Treatment of Disease c.1250-1500 - Coggle Diagram
Prevention and Treatment of Disease c.1250-1500
Religious and Supernatural - Disease was sent by God
Healing Prayers and Incantations
Paying for a special mass to be said
Fasting
Pilgrimages
Touching Holy Relics
Astrology
Physicians consulted star charts
Alignment of the planets was always consulted depending on the timing of treatment
Treatments varied according to a person's horoscope
Humoral Treatments
Blood Letting/Phlebotomy
Cutting a vein
Leeches
Cupping
Purging
Making a patient vomit
Clysters were sometimes used
A long pipe inserted up the patients anus to administer remedies directly into the body
Laxatives to remove digestive blockages
Remedies
Theriaca
Spice mixture containing up to 70 ingredients
Aloe Vera
Blanc Mangier
Made of Chicken and Almonds
Bathing
Gave the body an opportunity to steam out impurities
Herbs added to the bath for different ailments
For paralysis it was recommended to boil a fox in the water and bathe in it due to the number,e properties of the fox
The Church
Recommended praying to prevent disease
Giving money to the church also prevented disease
Hygiene
Regimen Sanitatis
Written by Hippocrates
List of rules about how to keep clean
Private baths only available for the wealthy so poorer people bathed in rivers
Diet
Not to eat too much
Recommendation of purging once a fortnight to remove imbalance