Medieval Medicine
Across
- 3. People with this disease had to carry a bell to alert others of their presence
- 4. Giving a patient something to make them vomit
- 8. Creator of Theory of the Four Humours
- 11. Bad air
- 12. People who used to write down medical textbooks; associated with the Church
- 14. Medieval pharmacist; they would mix up cures
- 15. A set of rules set by physicians to maintain good health
- 16. Removing the bad blood from your body with a knife, etc.
- 18. whipping oneself to ask God for forgiveness of your sins
Down
- 1. Cures for illnesses made with natural sources: plants, herbs, etc.
- 2. Blood, Phlegm, Black bile and Yellow bile
- 5. Took care of those in medieval hospitals by holding their hand, bringing warm food, etc
- 6. A fake doctor who would prescribe patients useless cures to make money
- 7. Someone who was a hairdresser and surgeon at the same time!
- 9. A type of treatment that relied on a higher power or abstract idea; God, astrology, etc
- 10. A religious journey to prove your faith to God
- 13. This bodily fluid used to be tasted in order to diagnose patients
- 14. Belief in the movement of planets, stars and horoscopes affecting illness and wellbeing
- 17. Creator of Theory of Opposites