Towns and monasteries (AQA GCSE History): Flashcards
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Health condition of medieval towns
Health condition of medieval towns
Extremely unhealthy places to live
Health standards in monasteries vs towns
Health standards in monasteries vs towns
Much higher/cleaner than towns
Miasma theory
Miasma theory
Belief that bad smells caused disease
Risk of wells near cesspits
Risk of wells near cesspits
Water contaminated with sewage
3 factors for successful public health measures
3 factors for successful public health measures
Strong leadership, funding, community initiative
Why monks took water from upstream
Why monks took water from upstream
To avoid contamination from waste downstream
Primary medical practitioners in medieval period
Primary medical practitioners in medieval period
Monks and nuns
Physic garden
Physic garden
Garden where medicinal herbs were grown
Herbalist/apothecary role
Herbalist/apothecary role
Used herbs to create treatments for patients
Year Coventry took public health action
Year Coventry took public health action
1421
Coventry's 1421 public health measures
Coventry's 1421 public health measures
Banned rubbish dumping; removed toilets over stream
Location of most medieval hospitals
Location of most medieval hospitals
Attached to religious institutions
Butchers' practices in medieval streets
Butchers' practices in medieval streets
Slaughtered animals in streets, left waste behind
Waterborne diseases in medieval towns
Waterborne diseases in medieval towns
Cholera and dysentery
Cause of rapid disease spread in towns
Cause of rapid disease spread in towns
Overcrowded conditions from rapid urban growth