Surgery and Anatomy- The Middle Ages
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- The Middle Ages
- After the fall of the Roman Empire there was a period of decline in knowledge and understanding of surgery and anatomy.
- By 1450 AD the standard of surgery and anatomy was back to Roman level.
- Surgery was looked down on by other doctors, it was not seen as a proper part of medicine.
- Most surgeons were barber-surgeons who had not trained at university.
- The large number of wars in the Middle Ages gave surgeons plenty of opportunities to practise operations
- Surgeons made mild anaesthetics using hemlock and henbane.
- John of Arderne- developed new methods based on careful observations and practise.
- Surgery was still limited as surgeons still relied on supernatural beliefs such as consulting a Zodiac chart to work out the best time to operate on a patient.
- Anatomy was considered a proper part of medical training and was studied in universities.
- At first dissections were banned by Churches (who ran the universities) as the body was needed in the after-life. However they later allowed one dissection of a criminals body a year.
- During the dissections Galen's books would have been used, however if something did not match people would believe the body to be wrong.
- At first dissections were banned by Churches (who ran the universities) as the body was needed in the after-life. However they later allowed one dissection of a criminals body a year.
- After the fall of the Roman Empire there was a period of decline in knowledge and understanding of surgery and anatomy.
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