So during the early middle ages people would seek treatment with anyone that they could such as monks wisemen and barbers as the monarch believed public health was beneath them
So during the early middle ages people would seek treatment with anyone that they could such as monks wisemen and barbers as the monarch believed public health was beneath them Then the black death hit Europe, one of the biggest pandemics of all times and killed off 40% of Britains population and spread rapidly due to poor living conditions and public health. With no explanation to the epidemic people resorted to all sorts of interesting treatments such as rubbing raw chicken onto the infrcted. Then with the birth of the renaissance period and the churchs hold on medicine was loosening meaning scholars could now dissect freely and the printing press resulted in medical ideas being spread much easier resulting in greater medical understanding. With the development of weapons on the battlefield, such as the introduction of the musket, new treatments were developed such as cleaning wounds with rose water and sewing up veins. Blood flow ideas were also changing as doctors now realised...