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medieval medicine (treatment (Medieval doctors did not have a clue what…
medieval medicine
treatment
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But they also blamed everything from the stars, to demons, to sin, to bad smells
Most doctors still believed the Greek theory that you became ill when the 'Four Humours' - phlegm, black bile, yellow bile, blood - became unbalanced.
Recently, historians have suggested that many medieval treatments were successful, especially the herbal remedies. Nevertheless, successful cures were mixed up with, what seem to us, crazy cures.
making the patient hot or cold, eg by taking hot baths
During epidemics, people would blame witches, or groups who were culturally different such as Jewish people, and attack them. When a disease like the Black Death hit England in 1348, the doctors were powerless to stop it killing half the population
bleeding, applying leeches, or causing purging or vomiting
praying, or whipping themselves to try to earn God's forgiveness
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public health
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Many towns had quarantine laws, boarded up the houses of plague victims, and isolated people with leprosy in 'lazar houses'.
It used to be thought that medieval towns were filthy, without drains, sewers or rubbish collections
Nowadays, historians think that medieval towns were not as dirty as Early Modern towns – but the sights and smells of a medieval town would still probably have made you feel sick
surgery
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they also developed a range of painkillers, including opium
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There was some progress in the area of surgery. The Middle Ages was a time of constant warfare, so surgeons got lots of practice
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