History of Science 2220 Lecture 11: History-of-Medicine-Lecture-11

• School: Western University
• Department: History of Science
• Course: History of Science 2220
• Professor: Lawrence Burns

Document Summary

2: scholastic medicine, medieval surgery, the bubonic plague. Medieval medicine overview: reconciled christian and/or islamic doctrine with greek philosophy. Always try and see that there is some good and bad in everything: library medicine (authority, repetition, dialectics and speculation rather than observation) Library is a place where knowledge is stored but it is still related to the church, if something contradicts the bible or galen, it is not acceptable. You are repeating what is handed down, you are preserving knowledge instead of creating new knowledge: supernatural beliefs dominate, combined with dogmatic adherence to galen. Return of supernatural beliefs, galen ideas of spirit, one of main advantages is charities, good works, commitment to hospitals, university: birth of hospitals (335 constantine; 1145 montpellier; 1189 jerusalem) and medical professions (1140 sicily) Monastic period: 500-1130 (monte cassino, 529, benedictine order) Medieval period is generally dated by the first plague until the 1500s where the more serious plague comes (the black plague)