Health and Medicine

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Health and Medicine
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Bleeding a Patient

• A treatment for almost anything was to do what
  they called Bleedingthe patient.
• They used leaches and sucking worms.
• They were attached to the body in hopes of
  extracting the so called Bad blood

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Diseases

• Outbreaks of plague and disease were caused by
  increase in population.
• Very Common illnesses were small pox, cholera and
  measles.
• People think that the cause of the Bubonic plague
  was a punishment from God.

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Treatments

• To get rid of this disease doctors recommend that
  you carry a garland of herbs.
• Hot clothes on heels of your feet.
• Then apply live pigeon cut into 2 parts.
• Then plaster egg yolk, honey, herb, and wheat
  flour.

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Bubonic Plague

• First appeared in Europe in 1348 until the 17th
  century
• It killed 1/5 of the population in 1625.
• Usually stopped during the winter but became
  large as summer blossomed.
• Transmitted by fleas which lived in rats.

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Dentistry

• Was considered a disgusting art.
• Going to the dentist could cost you your life.
• Bad breath was treated with water and vinegar.
• Fillings were used during this time.
• Tooth replacements were from sheep, dogs, goats,
  baboons, and dead soldiers.
• Eventually false teeth were used and made from
  hippopotamus bones, walrus ivory, silver, and
  porcelain plaster.

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General

• Antibiotics werent invented until the 1800s.
• They believed the disease was spread by bad
  odors.
• Disease caused by sins from the soul.
• Meditation, prayer,pilgrimages, and other non
  medical methods.
• Travelers were looked at suspiciously.
• Arrival of licensed travelers from the highway
  meant the plague was a regular visor.
• It was almost impossible to cure diseases without
  antibiotics

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