disease+and+medicine

=1. Questions=
 * i wonder how the idea of having a "doctor" began
 * i wonder how the idea of docters spread
 * i wonder what type of medicine and practices medeival doctors used
 * i wonder if there was another type of medical help they used

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 * i think trade fairs had a lot to do with the idea of doctorsand its spread, because a lot of people traveled all over for the fairs.
 * i think there were probably a lot of people who went to medicine sources other than doctors because doctors cost money, which not everyone had then.

= = =3. Resources= = = =4. Summary= I medieval times, there was always illness being spread, the people of the time had no knowledge of germs. S different things spread all the time, after a while the idea of haveing a healer or //doctor// spread. medival doctors often knew very little. there herbal remedies involved haveing a dried frog tied around yur throat bye a piece of string, being bled, or simply by eating treacle (a sugary syrup) (for more information on healing methods look at the link second from the bottom) .The theory of doctors and healing was originally centered around the idea of the four body fluids or //humors//. The humors included blood, phlem, yellow bile, and black bile. when one was sick, the majority of doctors concluded it was because one was uneven to the others, then the doctors diagnosed the patiant about how to even out the humors, this usually involved being bled, or to throwing up,to even the humors (for more information about the humors, look at the second link on the list above). There were some diseases that they couldn't blame on the four humors, for example, black death and leprosy. black death was by far the scariest. because in just a few hundred years the plague had killed about two thirds of the medieval population. Leprosy (not at all as horific as black death) was more common. people diagnosed with leprosy were commonly refered to as lepers. they were often sent out to live seperatly from everyone else, and had there belongings burned to keep from spreading the disease.doctors of the time did not know much of there field. The were mostly for the rich and powerful. Most people went to the hospital which were most often monastaries. they provided no medical help, but a bed to lie in and care. Which most often worked better than the hair brained cures that most doctors came up with.
 * [|Medieval Medicine]
 * [|Medieval Medicine] (different)
 * ** Medieval Diseases **
 * http://hebesmedievalwiki.wikispaces.com/
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