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Who was responsible for treating the sick in the Middle Ages?
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Who was responsible for treating the sick in the Middle Ages?
The Trained Physician
Had training at medical school and passed exams
Will diagnose you using your urine+astrological info
Administers treatment based on Galen
Likely to be bloodletting/purging/herbal medicine
Can be expensive
But has medical knowledge and believes his treatment to be superior to that of apothecaries/barber surgeons
Will be male - woman physicians were incredibly rare
The apothecary
Is trained but has no medical qualifications
Mixes various ingredients to produce medicines/ointments for physician
May make you up their own mixture for a price
Is cheaper than having to consult with physician and then pay apothecary for same medicine anyway
Is probably male
Barber-Surgeon
Practices lots of blood-letting, can pull out rotten teeth + lance boils
Can have a go at basic surgery
e.g. cutting out bladder stones / amputating limbs
Uses no anaesthetics
Very low success rate for surgery
Not trained
Not respected by trained physicians
Can cut your hair
Hospital
Usually part of monastery/convent
Christian values- caring for others
Sick people usually cared for at home
Hospitals looked after the old or those with specific illnesses such as leprosy
After Reformation in 16th century
Free hospitals set up in towns
Funded by charity
Housewife-physician
Knew traditional remedies for things
Such as sore throats/stomach aches/temperature
Would be able to deal with broken bones + Childbirth
May have had a reputation as a local 'wise woman'
Used remedies based on ...
herbs
Other plants
Charms/spells
Could be lady of the manor
would treat her families/servants living on manor land
Prayer/Pilgrimage
Many people would go on pilgrimage to a holy shrine
In hope that they could be cured of an illness
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