Medicine

= Medicine =

//**What was the significance of this topic during the Middle Ages?**//

Medicine was a big study and practice in the Byzantine World and in Western Europe. The Byzantine World made a big contribution to medicine in the 330-650 and 1050-1453. There were people there that made contributions like a dictionary of diseases and many more ways that helped the research of medicine. Then in the Western Europe connected with the clergy and the monks also had a big part in the research of the medicine. In the 900's the study of medicine spread from just being taught in the monasteries and started to be taught in schools too, but one of the big topics was surgery. During the Middle Ages the medical education in the Western Europe was taught one on one or with a physician. The medicine was taught in schools in the cities, monasteries, or by public lectures. Now you know how medicine was a significance to the Middle Ages and how much it affected them. Works Cited
 * “Medicine.” The Middle Ages. Ed. William Jordan. Vol. 3. New York: Charles Scribers Sons, 1996. 129-133. Print.

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//**How did this topic influence life and events of the time period?**//

Medicine was a big part of the middle ages, a couple of reasons why are listed below. The medical care was mostly performed by monks. It also owned a great attribution to the ancient world. During some of the medieval period scheme was based mostly on the works of ancient Greek and Roman philosophers and thinkers. Medical care was on old Greek and Roman medical texts. Only guild members would be allowed to participate in the practice surgery, before performing it on humans. Barber-surgeons put themselves into guilds. They would use bloodletting to help their patient survive. Also, they would cut off limbs, and use different operations such as bloodletting. Overall, we learned that medical care was performed by monks, only guild members could practice surgery, and they used bloodletting to cure. AP

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 * “Medicine.” The Middle Ages. Ed. William Jordan. Vol. 3. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1996. 129-133. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 5 May 2010.

// **Connect this topic to something we studied earlier or to the world today.** //

There are many medicines we studied in the Middle Ages that we still study today. For example the Bubonic plague is similar to H1N1. They are similar because the plague moved to countries so did H1N1. Also, they found treatments for both but the disease can come back.Like a AIDS the plague was caused by bacteria being spread. You can get AIDS through blood and STD's. For the plague they tried many ways to fix it and get rid of it. Also, they can't control when it comes to infect people. Just like cancer, people are trying to find a way to cure it, but they have been unsuccessful. Same as when people can't control when the plague affects them. Cancer you may not ever smoke and you can still get cancer out of the blue. Those are some ways medicine is similar to the Middle Ages. AC Works Cited
 * “Medicine.” The Middle Ages. Ed. William Jordan. Vol. 3. New York: Charles Scribners Sons, 1996. 129-133. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 5 May 2010.

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//**What was the impact of this topic on today's society?**//

Medieval medicine owned a debt in ancient world. Based on the work of ancient Greeks and Romans philosophers and thinkers. And over time it extended. Books were part of medical education. In our day reading is the most important thing if you want to learn. Also it can be read at almost every library. Reading helped people understand what words meant and when it came to the medicine's it helped the to learn what kinds of liquids they used and what it did.Medieval physician could observe patient pulse,blood,and virus symptoms to diagnose an illness. In our day doctors and surgeons do this to the patients. It is important to no what is wrong and how to change it or fix the problem. They used lab rats so that they did not have to test it on humans because if it was piousness It could kill them and so they use rats.Medical needed education. As do we. We have to have lots of test and work to be on the level. It was very important to know what you are doing when they were making medicines. All this impacted us till this day because if we did not learn all this we would not know what to do if we were sick and it is very important that we know this. AE Works Cited
 * “Medicine.” Medicine the middle ages an encyclopedia for students. Ed. William Chester Jordan. Vol. 3. New York: Charles Scribner Sons, 1996. 129-133. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 3 May 2010.

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