Herbs
A plant used to make medicine
Belladonna
A old poisonous plant of the genus Atropa
Enemas
Drug is suspended in a solution and infused into the rectum.
Papyrus
A long-lasting, paper-like material made from reeds
arthritis
joint inflammation
arteriosclerosis
abnormal hardening of the walls of an artery or arteries
quackery
The selling of useless medical treatments or products
Hippocrates
Father of modern medicine
Aesculapius
god of medicine and healing
Aqueducts
Artificial channels for transporting water
Monasteries
religious communities
Bubonic Plague
Also called the Black Death was a deadly disease that spread through Europe and killed one out of every three people
measles
virus
Tuberculosis
An infectious disease that may affect almost all tissues of the body, especially the lungs
Syphilis
bacteria
Renaissance Medicine
universities and medical schools for research, dissection, book publishing
fallopian
tubes between the ovaries and the uterus
Bartholomew
Flaying knives, aka Nathaniel, Philip's friend, skinned & crucified
Diphtheria
an acute bacterial infection of the throat and upper respiratory tract
typhoid fever
Salmonella