Rational explanations for disease (Edexcel GCSE History): Flashcards
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Rational explanations in medieval medicine
Rational explanations in medieval medicine
Using logical reasoning & observation to understand disease
Most influential rational theory for disease (medieval)
Most influential rational theory for disease (medieval)
Theory of the Four Humours
Origin of Theory of Four Humours
Origin of Theory of Four Humours
Ancient Greece
Name the four humours
Name the four humours
Blood, phlegm, yellow bile, black bile
Blood was linked to which element & season?
Blood was linked to which element & season?
Air and spring
Phlegm was linked to which element & season?
Phlegm was linked to which element & season?
Water and winter
Yellow bile was linked to which element & season?
Yellow bile was linked to which element & season?
Fire and summer
Black bile was linked to which element & season?
Black bile was linked to which element & season?
Earth and autumn
Key principle of Four Humours theory
Key principle of Four Humours theory
Balance of humours equals health
Who developed Theory of Opposites & when
Who developed Theory of Opposites & when
Galen, 2nd century AD
Galen's Theory of Opposites method
Galen's Theory of Opposites method
Treat with opposite qualities to symptoms
Treatment for too much phlegm (cold & wet)
Treatment for too much phlegm (cold & wet)
Hot, dry treatments like peppers
Bloodletting
Bloodletting
Removing excess blood by cutting or using leeches
Purging
Purging
Medicines to cause vomiting or diarrhoea
Miasma theory
Miasma theory
Disease caused by 'bad air' that was corrupted