2 Treatments 1 2 Activity 6: How far did treatments change in medicine in the period 50-1350? Analyse how far changing impacted on treatments in medicine by plotting your own living graph and labelling some of the significant points related to changing ideas on it. During the period 50-383 AD in During the period 50-383 AD in During the period 50-383 AD in Roman Britain treatments were often Roman Britain treatments there were Britain, treatments had spread. based on the theory of the four trained doctors who followed Galens Although this was not quick because humours. For example if it was theory of the opposites. Treatments few doctors travelled to Britain, the thought that your humours were were often based on diet, exercise, army legions did have doctors and inbalanced then they were restored lifestyle but also beginning to surgeons so that by the time the e.g. bloodletting was used for too incorporate knowledge of plants and Romans left most doctors were much blood. herbs from throughout the Empire. following Roman ideas of treatments. During the period 383-1350 in During the period 383-1350 in During the period 383-1350 in Medieval Britain treatments there Medieval Britain looking after the Medieval Britain treatments were was little change in the training of sick was an important part of the the role of women within the doctors, but doctors became far work of the Christian Church and this family and sometimes they consulted fewer in number. For hundreds of led to the founding of many hospitals local wise women. They were not years those who were sick mainly in Churches. By 1350 there were allowed to train as doctors or got help from the family, local wise about 500 hospitals but they did not physicians and surgeons in the women and men who had built up cater for the very sick and were growing universities from 1200 their knowledge through practise. more like care homes for rest and onwards. prayer AF2 Causation and Change
2 Treatments 1 2 Activity 6: How far did treatments change in medicine in the period 50-1350? Analyse how far changing impacted on treatments in medicine by plotting your own living graph and labelling some of the significant points related to changing ideas on it. During the period 50-383 AD in Roman Britain treatments were often based on the theory of the four humours. For example if it was thought that your humours were inbalanced then they were restored e.g. bloodletting was used for too much blood. During the period 50-383 AD in Roman Britain treatments there were trained doctors who followed Galens theory of the opposites. Treatments were often based on diet, exercise, lifestyle but also beginning to incorporate knowledge of plants and herbs from throughout the Empire. During the period 50-383 AD in Britain, treatments had spread. Although this was not quick because few doctors travelled to Britain, the army legions did have doctors and surgeons so that by the time the Romans left most doctors were following Roman ideas of treatments. During the period 383-1350 in Medieval Britain treatments there was little change in the training of doctors, but doctors became far fewer in number. For hundreds of years those who were sick mainly got help from the family, local wise women and men who had built up their knowledge through practise. During the period 383-1350 in Medieval Britain looking after the sick was an important part of the work of the Christian Church and this led to the founding of many hospitals in Churches. By 1350 there were about 500 hospitals but they did not cater for the very sick and were more like care homes for rest and prayer During the period 383-1350 in Medieval Britain treatments were the role of women within the family and sometimes they consulted local wise women. They were not allowed to train as doctors or physicians and surgeons in the growing universities from 1200 onwards. AF2 Causation and Change
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