Illness & Wellness in the Pre-Modern World
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"...Much of the actual practice of medicine, particularly in the countryside, was done by people who had no university training or no guild/apprenticeship training. These were people like folk healers, often called white witches, who continued the influence of magic and superstition in the healing arts. Childbirth was managed by midwives, who often came from a village..."
Key Terms
- Ayurveda
- Doshas
- Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)
- Qi
- Feng
- Acupuncture, Moxibustion, Cupping
- Hippocrates
- Humors
- Galen
- "Translation Movement"
- Avicenna
- Kitch al-Qunam (Avicenna's Canon)
- High Medicine
- Physicians
- Surgeons/Barber-Surgeons
- Apothecaries
- Physicians
- Low Medicine
- Folk Healers / White Witches
- Midwives
Guided Viewing Questions
- What were the defining characteristics of Eastern approaches to medicine (ayurveda, TCM)?
- Why is Hippocrates considered the father of modern medicine?
- Describe Galen’s humoral theory.
- In what ways did the Islamic world keep classical medical knowledge alive in the medieval period?
- Compare and contrast high and low medicine in the medieval and early modern periods.