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Mind Map by Greta Westwood, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Greta Westwood
over 11 years ago
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Who was responsible for treating
the sick in the Middle Ages?
- The Trained Physician
- Had training at medical school and passed exams
- Will diagnose you using your urine+astrological info
- Administers treatment based on Galen
- Likely to be bloodletting/purging/herbal medicine
- Likely to be bloodletting/purging/herbal medicine
- Can be expensive
- But has medical knowledge and
believes his treatment to be
superior to that of
apothecaries/barber surgeons
- But has medical knowledge and
believes his treatment to be
superior to that of
apothecaries/barber surgeons
- Will be male - woman physicians were incredibly rare
- Had training at medical school and passed exams
- The apothecary
- Is trained but has no medical qualifications
- Mixes various ingredients to produce medicines/ointments for physician
- May make you up their own mixture for a price
- Is cheaper than having to
consult with physician and
then pay apothecary for
same medicine anyway
- Is probably male
- Is trained but has no medical qualifications
- Barber-Surgeon
- Practices lots of blood-letting, can pull out rotten teeth + lance boils
- Can have a go at basic surgery
- e.g. cutting out bladder stones / amputating limbs
- e.g. cutting out bladder stones / amputating limbs
- Uses no anaesthetics
- Very low success rate for surgery
- Very low success rate for surgery
- Not trained
- Not respected by trained physicians
- Not respected by trained physicians
- Can cut your hair
- Practices lots of blood-letting, can pull out rotten teeth + lance boils
- Hospital
- Usually part of monastery/convent
- Christian values- caring for others
- Christian values- caring for others
- Sick people usually cared for at home
- Hospitals looked after the old or those
with specific illnesses such as leprosy
- After Reformation in 16th century
- Free hospitals set up in towns
- Funded by charity
- Funded by charity
- Free hospitals set up in towns
- Usually part of monastery/convent
- Housewife-physician
- Knew traditional remedies for things
- Such as sore throats/stomach aches/temperature
- Such as sore throats/stomach aches/temperature
- Would be able to deal with broken bones + Childbirth
- May have had a reputation as a local 'wise woman'
- Used remedies based on ...
- herbs
- Other plants
- Charms/spells
- herbs
- Could be lady of the manor
- would treat her families/servants living on manor land
- would treat her families/servants living on manor land
- Knew traditional remedies for things
- Prayer/Pilgrimage
- Many people would go on pilgrimage to a holy shrine
- In hope that they could be cured of an illness
- In hope that they could be cured of an illness
- Many people would go on pilgrimage to a holy shrine
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