Medieval Doctors & Medicine
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- 3. doctors didn't know where illnesses came from but many people believed it was from evil spirits or god
- 7. doctors were in this class of people
- 8. in medieval times doctors experimented with this to stop pain during surgeries
- 11. _chamber a dark furnished room in a home where wealthy women went a month before giving birth
- 12. these were the actual cause of the bubonic plague
- 13. doctors used many of these to help or cure illnesses
- 15. one of the materials commonly used to make tools fro doctors
- 17. in the early medieval period is when medical students started attending universities
- 18. medical practices were poor and many people went to this rather than a doctor
- 19. one common procedure was _ holes into peoples skulls
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- 1. a more commonly used term for a doctor in medieval times
- 2. doctors wore this type of clothing including gloves boots pointed masks and red
- 4. in medieval times doctors did many different
- 5. doctors often used these to cure illnesses but they were sometimes potentially lethal
- 6. during the medieval period doctor made many medical _
- 9. the medieval term for tuberculosis
- 10. an herb used commonly to treat fever, which was thought of as a disease rather than a symptom
- 11. a common practice used to collect blood for medical treatment
- 14. Humberto Fernandez-Moran invented this in 1914
- 16. deadly plague that killed many people in the medieval times