Did health and medicine decline between 500 and 1400? LO: Identify the main features of medicine in western Europe and the Islamic world Starter: Do you think medicine progressed or regressed during the Middle Ages? Write down your hypothesis explaining why.

List the countries you think were in the Arabic Empire during the Middle Ages

Task 1: You must read through the pages that you have been allocated and find key information You will either look at Islamic Empire Christianity Can you find examples of either: Things which improve in medicine Things which either decline or stagnate (stay the same) NOTE: Be careful to write the dates where they are given

Western Europe (Christianity) Edexcel (white and green)    Edexcel (white and green)   p38 = Training of doctors p39 = Surgery and anatomy p40-41 = Medicine in hospitals p42 = causes of disease p44-45 = treatments - SHP (White) Book p70-71 = Surgery and herbal remedies p72-73 = Medicine in hospitals p76-77 = Church Medicine p78-79 = Experiences of the wealthy and the poor Islamic Civilisations   SHP (White) Book p 74- 75 Arab medicine  - Heinemann (handout) p44-45 = Islamic ideas about cause and cures p46 = Diagnosis and treatment p47 = Islamic surgery Scott (handout) p 60-61 = Islamic ideas about disease

Progress in Medicine Decline or stagnation of medical ideas Islam Christianity 2) Write all the key points you have found into the appropriate box on your table

Progress in Medicine Decline or stagnation of medical ideas Islam Christianity 3) Now working with the person next to you verbally exchange information to fill out the other section of the table

Progress in Medicine Decline or stagnation of medical ideas Islam Christianity

Medicine between 500 and 1400 AD No Decline Complete decline

Why were they still reading Galen in 1350? War Government The Church controlled education. Most people who could read were priests and monks. The church banned books they thought went against their teachings. Use the information on pages 48 and 49 (Edexcel textbook) to complete your spider diagrams – make the, as detailed as you can Religion

Highlight all the things that helped the development of medicine in one colour, and hindered medicine in another colour. Rank the factors from the most to the least important.

Look at the bullet points on page 49 which begin ‘By the 1300s’ For each of these bullet points, discuss how they would help medicine progress.

Did health and medicine decline between 500 and 1400? On one hand On the other hand

Complete hand notes – you should have at least 5 points for each side. Write a conclusion (in full sentences/paragraphs) for the question – it must be at least 100 words.