Medieval Medicine

Medieval Medicine

1. What did they think caused illness

   • God punished you for sins, theory of the 4 humours and the planets aligning

2. Types of treatments

   • Pray to God, surgery on what was wrong, herbs to help the illness and they thought to put honey on the wound would help

3. Ways they tried to stop illness

   • Pray to God and use public toilets

4. Medieval England stepped back in time because they started to litter and urinate in water that people would then drink and wash from. so overall Medieval England hindered medicine