GCSE History-Medicine 1250-1500

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Who theorised the 4 humors?	Hippocrates
Who came up with the theory of the opposites?	Galen
What was bad air called?	Miasma
Most believed illness was caused by what?	God
Who was medically trained at university?	Physician
Who performed simple surgery?	Barber surgeon
Who sells treatments and herbal remedies?	Apothecary
What year was the Black Death?	1348
What spiced based mixture was used to cure the Black Death?	Theriaca
What is an iconic symptom of the plague?	Buboes
What did the church have great control over?	Education
What set of instructions were the rich given by physicians to stay healthy?	Regimen Sanitatis
What were vases with sweet smelling herbs called?	Pomanders
Who ran the hospitals at the time?	Monks/Nuns
What was the main method of treatment of the time?	Praying
What was the most common way of balancing the humors?	Blood letting
Who whipped themselves for their sins?	Flagellants