Individuals
Ancient doctor whose teachings were followed for centuries
Galen
A religious explanation for disease
God - punishment for sins
Used for an imbalance of blood
Bleeding
Remained an important and non-rational method to prevent disease in Middle Ages and Renaissance
Prayer
University trained
Physician
Ancient Greek doctor, invented four humours theory
The main theory taken from Galen about the cause of disease
Four Humours
Treating a 'hot wet' illness with a 'cold dry' treatment is called the..
Theory of opposites
The most common treatment administered by wise women
herbal remedies
Where you would go if you needed a wound sewn up
Barber surgeon
Very important anatomist who wrote 'on the fabric of the human body'
Vesalius
Theory related to the stars and the planets
Astrology
Forcing someone to defecate or vomit
Purging
What measures were taken to stop infected people spread the plague?
Quarantined in house, red cross painted on door
Who would mix and create herbal remedies?
Apothecary
English Physician who made key discoveries about blood and the heart
Thomas Harvey
This became the main theory about the cause of disease in the Renaissance.
Miasma
A new idea for herbal remedies that emerged during the Renaissance
Three types of animal that were killed during the Great Plague
cats, dogs, pigeons
Where most people would go to for treatment in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance
Wise women
English physician who encouraged doctors to carefully observe and record symptoms, and categorize diseases according to their symptoms
Thomas Sydenham
Name all four of the humours
Black bile, yellow bile, phlegm, blood
The idea that a disease could be 'extracted' by an object. (For example, placing a live chicken next to your buboes)
Transferance
Pomander
Harvey, Sydenham, Vesalius,