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How did religion help medicine? Preserving knowledge (positive)
Made sure people could learn from greek and roman idea
by saving medical books. Helped the share of
knowledge too by people learning from others findings and
experiences.
How did religion help medicine? Preserving knowledge (negative)
Copies of books were written by hand which would of
lead to some errors and misinformation being spread.
How did religion help medicine education and training (pos)
The christian church controlled the universities where
physicians trained. They read and trusted the work
of galen.
How did religion help medicine education and training (neg)
Taught to follow Galen and not question his ideas.
Roger Bacon was sent to prison for encouraging
research.
How did religion help medicine ideas on c&t (pos)\
People began to think about the causes of
illness and wondered why God was sending
these diseases
How did religion help medicine ideas on c&t (neg)
If God sent diseases then there was no need to
look for other causes. If disease was a
punishment for sin, then there was no reason to
look for other causes.
How did religion help medicine hospitals (pos)
Thought that sick people should be looked after.
Many hospitals were founded and patients were
given food and rest. By 1400, 500 hospitals were
founded.
How did religion help medicine hospitals (neg)
The most important treatment was prayer.
Hospitals were too small (only 5-10 beds)
and contagious diseases were not allowed in
hospital, because it would spread to others.
, Mediaeval town problems
- Most towns only responded to cleaning
towns in response to outbreaks of
disease like the Black Death. Then
towns would clear their streets.
- Live animals were brought into the
town and slaughtered in the town.
Industries like tanners and
butchers emptied their waster into
streams or just left the waste in the
Towns.
- Towns were very, very dirty and very
few had paved streets in small towns
had paved streets, in small towns dirt
paths increased in filth. Poorer citizens
homes were littered with waste and stank.
It was said that mediaeval towns could
be smelt before they were seen.
- The population of England and its towns grew
massively between 1250-1500. People
living in towns went from 6% to 18%. This
put pressure on the limited public health
facilities. It was expensive to clean and
improve the city's facilities. Many opposed the
costs as they didnt know the real cause of
disease and illness.
- Wells for drinking water were often close to
cesspits for dumping sewage. Others got
their drinking water directly from rivers.
- There were open sewers carrying refuse
into the river. In london there was a privy
that was built over the thames. Others
simply poured their piss-pots out the
windows.
- Cesspits would be emptied annually
by gong farmers. Some poor towns
didn't empty them regularly so the
sewers seeped into the rivers.
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