Medicine - 1 views
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Arabic anatomical and pharmaceutical knowledge, far greater in scope than that of medieval Europe's learning, was quickly assimilated
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Isolation of the sick and contagious was commonplace and possibly the greatest step taken in medieval medicine.
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Bleeding and the use of leeches to draw "bad blood" from the patient were typical. Some surgeries were performed to cure patients of hernias, cataracts, for the removal of gallstones. Surgery was often more precarious than the actual problem. Folk cures and poultices made from herbs were options for the peasant class. There were those who would risk being called "witch" to provide these remedies, although many found themselves tied to a burning stake.
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see this link for more on Blood Letting: Or the bad blood out! https://www.google.com/search?q=medieval+bloodletting&safe=strict&rlz=1CASMAF_enUS658US659&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiQhvztk-vKAhUHmoMKHTGsAfcQ_AUIBygB Modern day: http://www.cleveland.com/healthfit/index.ssf/2010/06/leeches_and_maggots_doctors_li.html
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the Church was often called to exorcise demons and say prayers and incantations over the patient.