RAT medieval medicine

What was Regimen Sanitas?

• instructions from a physician to be healthy
• instructions from a surgeon to keep you healthy
• instructions from an apothecary to keep you health
• instructions from a barber surgeon to keep you healthy

What was the main job of the apothecary?

• Mixing remedies
• Mixing drinks
• Mixing tunes
• Mixing bowls

What had happened to the Four Humours to cause disease?

• They became out of balance
• They were balanced
• They started to tell bad jokes
• Bad air

What was a lazar house?

• where people with leprosy went
• where people with the black death went
• where physicians trained
• where apothecaries trained

What was miasma?

• The belief that bad air caused disease
• The belief that God sent disease as punishment
• The belief that your humours need to be balanced
• The belief that bodies should not be dissected

How were medical books written at this time?

• By monks
• By nuns
• By printing press
• There were no medical books at this time

What was a flagellant?

• Someone who whipped themselves
• Someone who farted a lot
• Someone who went to church
• Someone who collected the dead

Whose book was used the most to diagnose disease?

• Galen
• Sydenham
• Lister
• Hippocrates

Which disease was specifically seen as a punishement for sin?

• leprosy
• cholera
• rabies
• smallpox

What year did the Black Death arrive in England?

• 1348
• 1352
• 1666
• 1432