Medieval Medicine c500 - 1345
Subjects / History / Medicine through Time
After the Romans left Britain, medicine changed a lot. The Romans took their medical knowledge with them and the British had to start from scratch. People forgot the importance of keeping clean and mostly blamed their sins for illnesses. Everybody believed strongly in God and that their faith would keep them healthy. After a few centuries, hospitals and universities started to appear, run by the Church, which was the richest and most powerful organization in Britain at the time. They spread the teachings of Galen and the Theory of Humours, and these remained popular for centuries. Muslim scholars had translated all Galen's books into Arabic so they weren't lost forever with the Romans. Some things were, though - like bath houses and flush toilets. Medieval Britain must have reeked!
| Author: | Sally Thorne | Publisher: | GCSEPod® |
| Narrator: | Peter McGowan | ISBN: | 978-1-84906-051-6 |
Chapters
- Medieval Britain
- Galen and the Four Humours
- Islam and Muslim Doctors
- The Christian Church
- The Natural, the Supernatural and Astrology
- Medieval Public Health
- Medieval Medics
Exam Board Relevance
- Edxcel
- AQA
- CEA
- IGCSE (EdExcel)
- OCR
- SQA
- WJEC
- IGCSE (CiE)
Includes original GCSEPod image art. Additional pictorial images created by Damon Smith
Curriculum and Exam Board Information
Key Issues
- What were the main factors governing the expansion of medical knowledge over time?
- How and to what extent have standards in public health and the care of patients changed over time?
Titles
- Medieval and Renaissance Medicine c500 - 1700 - Medieval Medicine c500 - 1345
- Medicine in the Middle Ages
- MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE - Medieval Medicine c500 - 1345
- PUBLIC HEALTH AND HOSPITALS - Medieval Medicine c500 - 1345
Chapters
- Impact of the fall of the Roman Empire on medicine
- Nature and importance of Islamic medicine
- Impact of superstitution and Christianity on Medieval medicine
- Key individuals: Rhazes, Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
- the impact of the collapse of the Roman Empire on medicine
- the impact of Christianity and Islam on medicine
- the reasons for the acceptance of Galenic medicine
- the continuance of supernatural beliefs and treatments
- developments in surgery
- living conditions and health and hygiene
- domestic medicine, childbirth, the role of women
- hospitals and caring for the ill
- Medical ideas in the later middle ages, alchemy, zodiac charts and astrology, the theory of the humours
- The Church and medieval hospitals
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