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1) Galen spoke of a “Creator” so his ideas were accepted by the Church. No-one was allowed to criticise the Church. This was called HERESY, and you were burned alive if you did it.

2) His ideas were logical and seemed to make sense – 4 seasons in the year, 4 humours in the body.

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9) What was the name of the type of doctors that most people saw?

BARBER - SURGEONS

10) Why was their knowledge of anatomy so weak?

They were not allowed to dissect humans

They just assumed all of Galen’s ideas were correct – he’d been

dissecting pigs!!!

11) What was their most popular cure?BLOOD –LETTING

12) Some things did improve however. Where were medical schools opened?

PARIS

OXFORD

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13) The ideas of which doctors – and therefore which treatments – were taught in schools?

HIPPOCRATES – 4 Humours

Clinical Observation

GALEN – Four Humours

Treatment of the Opposites

14) Although the Church in some ways held medicine back, what did it do to help the sick?

It ran monasterieswhich cared forthe sick (good diet,hygiene etc.).

They also understood the importance of clean water.

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15) Why was medicine so much better in the Arab world than in Europe? [2]

1) They did not just accept Galen’s ideas but continued to look for new ideas.

2) Good libraries of medical knowledge were built in cities, such as a Baghdad.

16) The Black Death was the key disease of the Middle Ages. When did it hit England?

1348

17) What is the word beginning with “p” which is another word for the Black Death?

PLAGUE

18) Give one supernatural explanation for the Black Death, and the cure that resulted from it.Punishment from Godfor sinfulness, sopeople whippedthemselves to showhow sorry they were(FLAGELLATION)

19) Give one natural explanation, and the methods of preventing infection that came from it.

It was spread by pockets of bad air

or MIASMAS, so doctorswore protective clothing,

including face masksstuffed with herbs and

flowers to purify the air.

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