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Medieval Christian Medicine
Medieval Christian Medicine
Medicine
John Albert T. Maguad
History 101
Prof. Boncan
Background
Background
The unification came with the Black Death, when the need
for doctors to heal the sick was stronger than any prejudice
against their origin.
Humorism
Hippocrates
Galen
Ancient Name
Ancient Characteristics
Blood
Sanguine
Yellow Bile
Choleric
Black Bile
Melancholic
Phlegm
Phlegmatic
calm, unemotional
Humorism
Diet
Medicines
Mostly Herbal
Phlebotomy
Humorism
Healing
Healing
Healing
Hospitals
Hospitals
Dissection
Religion
Religion
Miracles
Prayer
Communion
Examples of Treatments
Surgery
Anesthetics
Anesthetics
Spells
Spells
Blocked Bladders
Blocked Bladders
Childbirth
Childbirth
Clysters
Clysters
Hemorrhoids
Hemorrhoids
St. Fiacre
Bloodletting
Bloodletting
Evolution
Evolution
Improvement of education
Constantine Africanus
Montpellier
Other Schools
Paris schools
Oxford
Cambridge
End
References