What Were The Following In Medieval Medicine?

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What were the following in Medieval Medicine? Zodiac Chart- A zodiac chart was a picture of the human body and the doctors would use it to tell the patient what part of their body was infected or wounded. Urine Chart- This urine colour chart is a simple tool you can use to assess if You are drinking enough fluids throughout day to stay hydrated. If your urine matches colours 1-3 you are hydrated. If your urine matches colours 4-6 you are dehydrated and should drink more water. If your urine matches colours 7-8 then you should consult a doctor. Wound man- the wound man first appeared in European surgical text in the Middle Ages. It told patients the various wounds a person might suffer in battle or in accidents. Often with surrounding or accompanying text stating treatments for the various different injuries. Role of religion- The catholic church allowed only one dissection per year and this had a massive impact on the country, people also believed that when they fell ill that god had sent the punishment because they did not know about germs or hygiene. Herbal remedies- herbal remedies were used to cure the ill and doctors would prescribe patients herbal remedies to get better for e.g. Take an onion and garlic pound together take wine and bulls gull stand for nine nights in brass vessel strain mixture through cloth apply to stye with feather. Importance of Galen- Galen was so important because and found the heart, veins and arteries. He wrote many books about anatomy and. Galen was a Roman physician and philosopher of Greek origin. He was the first one to introduce dissection and for many years no one challenged him but after a certain amount of time Andreas Vesalius challenged him and corrected 200 of his mistakes. 4 Humours- Hippocrates came up with the four humours. The four humours needed to remain balanced in order for people to stay healthy. The four humours were liquids within the body blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bile; these could be connected with the seasons. For example, if someone has a fever they would have been thought to have had too much blood in their body. The logical cure therefore is to 'bleed' the patient. Use of the Four Humours as a diagnostic tool would result in doctors looking for symptoms: the first time that clinical observation of a patient was recorded. Examples of surgery- The Barber Surgeon Barber surgeons could be found in most medieval towns and, as well as trimming and cutting beards and hair, were also known for surgical procedures. The most common of these was bloodletting, a commonplace procedure which was believed to be essential for good health.

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History Many of the procedures carried out by the barber surgeon related to violence, such as tending wounds caused by swords, knives or arrows. Because the use of anaesthetics was restricted to those who could pay for it, many people had to suffer the pain of an operation with only a plank of wood to bite on to deflect their attention from the pain.

The Medieval Surgeon-A good surgeon tended to be known by reputation as much as qualification, and, if successful, would be called upon to attend the families of royalty. Many of the operations which are carried out in the twenty first century were also attempted in the middle Ages. These included caesarean births, bone setting, dentistry, the removal of bladder stones and even cateract procedures. However, many of these procedures resulted in the death of the patient, either on the operating table, or as a result of a later infection or complication from the operation.

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