Approaches to prevention and treatment (Edexcel GCSE History): Flashcards
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3 categories of medieval medical approaches
3 categories of medieval medical approaches
Rational, religious, supernatural
Medieval belief: cause of illness
Medieval belief: cause of illness
Imbalance in body's four humours
The four humours
The four humours
Blood, phlegm, yellow bile, black bile
Purpose of bloodletting
Purpose of bloodletting
Restore balance of humours
3 bloodletting methods
3 bloodletting methods
Cutting vein, leeches, cupping
Purpose of purging
Purpose of purging
Rebalance humours by removing excess substances
3 purging methods
3 purging methods
Emetics, laxatives, enemas
Who prepared/gave purging treatments
Who prepared/gave purging treatments
Apothecaries, wise women, or physicians
Religious belief about illness
Religious belief about illness
Punishment from God for sin or test of faith
4 religious treatments
4 religious treatments
Praying, fasting, pilgrimage, paying for Masses
Supernatural remedy for toothache
Supernatural remedy for toothache
Hanging magpie's beak around neck
Role of medieval physicians
Role of medieval physicians
Educated doctors who understood medical theory
Role of barber-surgeons
Role of barber-surgeons
Performed surgery, bloodletting, and cut hair
Role of apothecaries
Role of apothecaries
Prepared and sold medicines and treatments
Role of wise women
Role of wise women
Experienced female healers using traditional remedies