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 (D)</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 (D)</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. (A)</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) (C)</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. (C)</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. (A)</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. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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