Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Change and Continuity
-Middle Ages 1350-1750
- CONTINUITY
- Local herbs + Praying to local Gods were used
- Praying
- Some herbal remedies worked
- Use of honey
- Trial and error
- Four Humours
- The rich especially believed in this
- Use of charms
- (Rubbing snail juice)
- Leeches
- Astrology
- Simple operation
- The church controlled medical training and education
- The church discouraged dissection
- The works of Galen were used as the basis of
medical training
- Few people could afford to go to a trained physician
- Many people were reluctant to change the way they did things
- Many people believed that their lives were
affected by supernatural events
- CHANGE
- The Public Health facilities in town fell into ruins
- Prayer was the MAIN medicine used in hospitals
- Increased the use of honey
- The God that was being prayed to CHANGED
- Significant changes in knowledge of Anatomy/ Physiology
- Vesalius & Harvey
- The authority of the Catholic church decreased
- New plants were discovered when new lands were explored
- Universities and Medical schools
- Founded in 12th century
- The mechanical pump was invented
- The microscope was invented
- (stronger lenses)
- Antonie van Leeuwenhoek