Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Role of superstition
- Mystery and magic were seen as the cause of disease
- Witchcraft was feared and many believed the world
was full of demons that would cause trouble and
death
- The Zodiac chart was consulted by
doctors to decide treatment
- The role of the 'wise woman' in
treating the ill
- The Black Death was
caused by unusual
positioning of the planets
- People protected themselves against
the Plague by wearing lucky charms
- Quacks would travel around selling 'medicine'
- Patent medicines were still in use at the
start of the 20th century