Doctors and Medicine in the Middle Ages

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  1. 2. This Ancient Greek Physician was referred to as the “Medical Pope of the Middle Ages”
  2. 4. This pandemic killed 20 million people in Europe within 5 years.
  3. 5. In the Middle Ages, the sick often turned to this source which was the dividing line between magic and medicine.
  4. 6. Doctors often carried around these special calendars containing illustrated star charts which they consulted before making a diagnosis
  5. 8. Surgeons relied on these for anesthesia in the Middle Ages
  6. 10. During the Middle Ages, the average life expectancy of an adult was into this stage of their life.
  7. 13. This person would provide herbs or incantations to the sick in the Middle Ages
  8. 15. An illness that was the biggest killer in the Middle Ages
  9. 16. This was used to douse wounds as a form of antiseptic. (What a waste!)
  10. 18. An aromatic vegetable substance/powder used to flavour food eg: pepper or cumin
  11. 19. Common Hedgenette is another name for this plant used in Middle Ages medicine
  12. 20. This everyday herb we commonly use in cooking today was recorded as the remedy for a snake bite
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  1. 1. People in the Middle Ages practiced this in the hope that repentance for sins might help heal
  2. 3. It was believed that visiting the shrine of this person could cure an illness
  3. 7. These places had extensive herb gardens during the Middle Ages
  4. 9. The practice of perforating the skull to relieve pressure on the brain.
  5. 11. Another name for the four different bodily fluids that people in the Middle Ages believed influenced human health
  6. 12. Any plant with leaves, seeds or flowers used for flavouring food, medicine or perfume
  7. 14. This person also performed minor surgeries and tooth extractions
  8. 17. A contagious disease that affects the skin, mucous membranes and nerves, causing discolouration and lumps on the skin