Medieval Women Healers and University-Educated Physicians Quiz
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What did many medieval women practitioners have that early university-educated physicians didn't necessarily have?

  • Advanced medical knowledge
  • Trust of their communities (correct)
  • Official recognition from the authorities
  • Access to modern medical equipment
  • What did early university-educated physicians have that many medieval women practitioners didn't have?

  • Book learning and status (correct)
  • Access to modern medical equipment
  • Trust of their communities
  • Official recognition from the authorities
  • What was the common medical theory practiced by both medieval physicians and non-physician practitioners?

  • Theory of genetic inheritance
  • Theory of infectious diseases
  • Theory of organ transplantation
  • Theory of the humors (correct)
  • What did early university-educated physicians have to do to establish themselves in the medical field?

    <p>Wage a centuries-long campaign to invent a difference</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why did people not immediately abandon traditional practitioners to seek out early university-educated physicians?

    <p>Physicians were expensive and few in number</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the role of colonizing missionaries in the suppression of indigenous culture?

    <p>They worked with the Inquisition to import European demonology and condemn native midwives, nurses, and healers.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In which region did the brutal and disproportionate arrests of traditional midwives by inquisitors take place?

    <p>New Spain (now Mexico, parts of the United States, much of Central America, and parts of northern South America)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was Paula de Eguiluz's background?

    <p>Born in 1592 in the Dominican Republic to an enslaved mother and a free father, both of African descent.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What were the skills of Paula de Eguiluz?

    <p>Healer, practitioner of Afro-Caribbean love magic, and interpreter of dreams.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How did Paula de Eguiluz subvert the process meant to destroy her?

    <p>She used her skills and sheer nerve to subvert the process.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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