Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Medieval medicine
- Key points
- Supernatural beliefs- they used the doctrine of signature which shows that God created illness and guide doctors on treatment
- Zodiac charts were also used to determine illness
- They commonly used basic herbs and balms to treat illness. They would also used their urine to determine illness
- Key people
- Hippocrates -taught clinical observations -theory of the four humors -bleeding to prevent and treat illness. Significant as he had the first account of symptoms and treatment
- Galen -built on the theory of opposite -dissected animals as the church disagreed with dissecting humans - church accepted him because the disign theory include God
- Religion
- They believe illness was a punishment from God. Prayer was popular
- The church ruled over university where they practice hippocrates and galen teaching
- Rodger bacon was sent to prison for dissecting a human
- The hospital were linked to monasteries or a nunneries
- There were no doctors the nuns and monks tool care of the people, relying on prayer and herbal treatment.
- Islamic - they wrote encyclopedias and was spread to the Christians by crusaders. AVICENNA wrote the cannon of medicine. And trained doctors
- Warfare
- They could do quick amputation. New tools like the arrow head Improved ointments JOHN OF ARDERNE PAINKILLER manuals or diagrams used