![]() Medieval doctors had very limited medical knowledge and used very few tools, however, surgeons, who were considered inferior to physicians, had different tools at their disposal. Patients were mostly treated with medicine created from plants and herbs. There was no significant advancement in the medical field, hence the medicines were also of a very basic type. Several diseases were also cured by the use of herbs. Other ways of balancing included drinking yellow lentil soup, and taking a bath with hot water or with ice-cold water. Medieval doctors believed in the four humours hence mostly ill persons were treated by balancing their “humours overflowing”.īalancing was done by making the patients bleed, applying leeches to their bodies, or by forcing the patient to vomit. How did Medieval Doctors Cure an ill Person? ![]() As doctors thought that bad smells brought diseases with them and in order to protect themselves from these diseases, they carried with them something that smelled nice. They also smelled the urine along with checking the patient’s pulse. In order to diagnose the illness correctly, doctors used to analyze the color of urine. Medieval doctors usually had a book of diagnosis called “vademecum” and a urine chart with them. This theory stated that every human body contains four principal fluids or humours, black bile, yellow bile, phlegm, and blood.Įxample of a Medieval Arabic Herbal Medicine book used by medieval doctors How Did a Medieval Doctor Diagnose Illness? ![]() The teachings of medieval doctors mostly revolved around the theory of humours. Medieval Doctors Teachings, Humour (element and Body Fluid) The present-day title of “Doctor” was used for the first time during the medieval period. Priests mostly performed the duties of medieval doctors as they acted as healers.Ī medical school that was established in the 9th century flourished and by the 12th century, it had an organized syllabus and it started issuing degrees and the first medieval doctors were established. Dissecting a human corpse was considered illegal before the year 1000AD so doctors had no idea what was inside a human’s body!Īs this practice prevailed over a large part of the medieval period, hence it was thought that diseases were caused due to the devil residing in people’s bodies. In the history of Medieval Doctors from the early to late medieval periods, no significant progress in the field of medicine was made during the medieval period. So instead of getting better many patients’ conditions actually worsened during their treatment by a medieval doctor. Medieval Doctors had very little knowledge of the human anatomy and relied on very basic books and diagramsĪntibiotics had not yet been discovered and medieval doctors had superstitious beliefs.
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