Used herbal treatments, bloodletting, prayer and rest in the infirmary based on the ancient knowledge of books like Pliny's Natural History, word-of-mouth, and experience
Treated using Hippocratic and Galenic methods from British textbooks such as Gilbert Eagle's Compendium Medicine (c1230) and Islamic texts such as Avicenna'sCanon of Medicine
Christian Church approved of the knowledge of the ancient Greeks and Romans, Galen, although he lived in Roman times, believed in one God which fitted with Christian ideas, Doctors used clinical observation, checking pulse and urine, four humours
Many diseases that Hippocratic and Galenic medicine could not cure; for these diseases supernatural ideas influenced doctors treatments, Doctors checked position of the stars, recommended charms and prayers
Believed in miraculous healing and the sick were encouraged to visit shrines (a pilgrimage) with the relics of a holy person, and pray to saints to cure their illness
Ibn Sina preserved the Conon of Medicine which became the standard medical textbook in England until 1600
Al-Razi challenged the idea that the body was made of humours and made new discoveries such as allergies, hay fever and that there was a difference between measles and smallpox
Hospitals were established where patients were treated and medics tried to cure them
The Reformation (began 1517) saw the creation of the Protestant Church, which weakened the power of the Catholic Church and led people to question the Church's beliefs on all sorts of things, including medicine
The Renaissance period 1400-1600 saw many changes occur in Europe, including the rediscovery of ancient Greek and Roman texts and the inspiration to observe, experiment and find out new things for themselves