Factors that affected medical progress in medieval Britain

What were the four main factors limiting progress

The church, Hippocrates and Galen, a respect for tradition, the king and government

What did the church say would happen to anyone who dared challenge them

They would go to hell

Who controlled all education and libraries

The church, so all ideas from church no new ones could spreadn

Who’s ideas did the church teach to physicians

Hippocrates and Galen

What was banned because of the church, what did this mean

Dissection, no one inspecting anatomy could challenge Galen

Why were the ideas of Hippocrates and Galen so well respected

Over 1000 years old and logical

How many medical books had Galen written

Over 300

Why did doctors believe the theory of four humours to be correct

Believed you could see evidence

What ‘evidence’ of the four humours theory working did doctors have

When someone was sneezing, they had too much phlegm. The sneezing was the body rebalancing it’s humours

What were the majority of tasks for the king of England

To defend the country and keep it peaceful, not interested in public health

Why was no money spent to improve medicine by the government

Government didn’t take any taxes to improve people’s health or medicine

When did the government aim to tackle public health

The Black Death