The Medieval Medicine has one most popular basis in that is medical treatise gale from ancient Greece. The medicine in the early middle ages was mostly based on the remaining Greek and Roman texts stored in monasteries, schools, and courts. Medicine was often a risky business. Many medieval medicine manuscripts contained recipes for remedies that called for hundreds of therapeutic substances. Many treatments were administered by people outside the medical tradition. Natural functions, such as sneezing, were thought to be the best way of maintaining health. The most common form of surgery was bloodletting.
People believed in: ancient prescriptions, spiritual magic and charms, knowledge from books, religions, and Astrology/Zodiac Signs. There were many diseases present in the middle ages. Some of these were: the plagues the evil eye, Dysentery, Influenza, Leprosy, and Typhoid Fever. The evil eye means it was believed that bad luck could be cast through people’s eyes. It could be prevented by lifting your left hand. Dysentery means an infection you got from contaminated food and water. It physically weakens you. There were also some ABSURD treatments going on!
There are many other treatments included: herds, charms/spells, prayers, and surgery (depending on your doctor). The Romans had medicine books on diet and fitness. Although they had these books they could not use them because they were not able to read. The Dark Ages began after the Roman Empire declined and fighting against each other.
"Cause the human faces and other filth lying in the streets and lanes in the city to be removed with all speed to places far distant, so that no greater cause of mortality may arise from such smells."
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http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/health_and_medicine_in_medieval_.htm
"Health and Medicine in Medieval England". HistoryLearningSite.co.uk. 2014. Web.
Ellis, Elisabeth Gaynor, Anthony Esler, and Burton F. Beers. World History. Boston, MA: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2008. Print.
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