medieval

• Traditional Treatments


  Methods used in ancient and medieval periods, including herbal medicine, bloodletting, purging, and charts for diagnosis
• Herbal Medicine

  Remedies made from natural products; recorded in Herbal books; often accompanied by prayer
• Four Humours Treatment

  Bleeding, bloodletting, and purging to rebalance humours; cupping, leeches, and purging used
• Charts for Diagnosis

  Urine, stool, and zodiac charts used by physicians; urine color and zodiac alignment determined treatment
• Use of Charts by the Rich

  Charts predominantly used by the wealthy who could afford physicians
• Quack Doctors

  Unqualified doctors offering cheaper treatments to the poor
• Barber Surgeons


  Barbers offering minor surgery alongside hairdressing; popular in medieval times; symbol still used by traditional barbers today
• Evolution of Treatment

  Transition from reliance on charts to symptom-based diagnosis; slow process with varied adoption across towns and villages