Medieval

• Apothecary


  A trained man whose job it was to prepare remedies
• Astrology


  Study of the planets and its effect on humans
• Barber Surgeon


  Surgeon, trained through apprenticeship, who performed surgery such as amputations or surgical treatments such as bloodletting
• Black Death

  Name given to the outbreak of bubonic/pneumonic plague
• Bloodletting/Phlebotomy


  Common treatment prescribed to restore humoral (performed by a barber surgeon)
• Cupping


  Purgative treatment that used heated glass cups to draw blood to the surface