Medicine Through Time Module 1 - 1250-1500

The St Mary of Bethlehem Hospital in London was set up to look after which patients?

The alignment (lining up) of what was important in diagnosing and treating illness?

Which medieval medic trained at university for 7-10 years?

What fraction of the population is estimated to have died in the Black Death?

What year was Galen born in?

The painful swellings that appeared on a plague victim's body were called...

A supernatural cure for illness was...

What disease was caused by fungus growing on grains of rye?

The theory that 'bad smells' caused disease was called...

Astrological signs were believed to be clues to the treatments of disease. Medics consulted...

The Black Death was caused by two forms of plague. The most deadly was...

When did the plague first arrive in England?

What were pomanders?

Toothache was thought to be caused by...

These medieval medics would advertise by putting a sign of a bloody/bandaged arm in the window

Who treated the sick for free, were trusted and used accumulated knowledge and experience?

Herbalists were called....

What was the oath sworn that doctors would do no harm to their patients?

In what year was smallpox eradicated by vaccines?

Edward the First died of...

Which nasty skin disease was believed to be sent by God as a punishment?

How many times a day were church services held in medieval hospitals?

A treatment for asthma was...

Who ran medieval hospitals and medical schools?

Injured farm hands or servants on a large manor would be treated by...

How long would the bubonic plague last if you caught it?

The use of boiled willow bark in a tea to give pain relief was ....

What WASN'T a danger to health in medieval towns?

A medieval treatment for paralysis was...

The safest (and cheapest!) drink in the medieval period was...

A contagious skin disease that caused discoloration and nerve damage was....

Who developed the 4 humours into the Theory of Opposites?

A medieval set of instructions to keep healthy was called...

Which of these is the odd one out?

Small hospitals set up for the poor and homeless were called...

St Bartholomew's hospital in London was opened in...

Who had access to physicians in the medieval period?

One medieval method for diagnosing illness was...

Of the 1,200 hospitals created by 1100, how many cared for the sick?

If you vomited yellow bile, what would a doctor following the Theory of Opposites advise?

The plague was also known in medieval times as ...

What does the term quarantine mean?

Which medics travelled the country with visiting fairs?

One supernatural explanation for the Black Death was...

What did the medieval treatment cupping involve?

Phlebotomy was the practice of...

The 'Four Humours Theory' was created by...

The season associated with black bile was...

What percentage of children died before the age of 7?

People that tried to whip away their sins to avoid the plague were called...