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Medicine: Medieval Clear-cut solutions for
success.
Roger Bacon - Answer Scientist who said that scientists should do their own research. He
was thrown in prison by the church.
phlegm - Answer One of the four humours (what comes out of your nose when you have a
cold)
blood - Answer One of the four humours
yellow bile - Answer One of the four humours. It was either pus or the yellow substance
in vomit.
black bile - Answer One of the four humours. It probably referred to clotted blood.
Hippocrates - Answer An Ancient Greek doctor who was respected in Medieval times.
Galen - Answer A Greek surgeon from the Roman era whose books formed the basis of
much of Medieval medicine.
Theory of the Four Humours - Answer Theory developed by Hippocrates that illness was
caused by an imbalance in the 4 humours.
Theory of Opposites - Answer Theory developed by Galen that an excess of one humour
should be treated by the opposite e.g hot fever treated by something cool like cucumber
Monastery - Answer Community of monks. During Medieval times, many monasteries
contained hospitals.
Anatomy - Answer Knowledge of the human body
Avicenna (Ibn Sina) - Answer The only Muslim doctor whose works were circulated by
the church. He was very influential.
pilgrimage - Answer A journey to a religious place. It was often recommended as a way to
treat or prevent illness.
Herbal remedies - Answer Products made from plants / animals which were supposed to
be effective.
Black Death - Answer Epidemic disease which arrived in England from China in 1348.
Historians estimate that it may have killed as much as half the population of England.
Medicine: Medieval Clear-cut solutions for
success.
Roger Bacon - Answer Scientist who said that scientists should do their own research. He
was thrown in prison by the church.
phlegm - Answer One of the four humours (what comes out of your nose when you have a
cold)
blood - Answer One of the four humours
yellow bile - Answer One of the four humours. It was either pus or the yellow substance
in vomit.
black bile - Answer One of the four humours. It probably referred to clotted blood.
Hippocrates - Answer An Ancient Greek doctor who was respected in Medieval times.
Galen - Answer A Greek surgeon from the Roman era whose books formed the basis of
much of Medieval medicine.
Theory of the Four Humours - Answer Theory developed by Hippocrates that illness was
caused by an imbalance in the 4 humours.
Theory of Opposites - Answer Theory developed by Galen that an excess of one humour
should be treated by the opposite e.g hot fever treated by something cool like cucumber
Monastery - Answer Community of monks. During Medieval times, many monasteries
contained hospitals.
Anatomy - Answer Knowledge of the human body
Avicenna (Ibn Sina) - Answer The only Muslim doctor whose works were circulated by
the church. He was very influential.
pilgrimage - Answer A journey to a religious place. It was often recommended as a way to
treat or prevent illness.
Herbal remedies - Answer Products made from plants / animals which were supposed to
be effective.
Black Death - Answer Epidemic disease which arrived in England from China in 1348.
Historians estimate that it may have killed as much as half the population of England.
