Herbal remidies were still used, remidies were chosen by their colours
Bleeding, purging and sweating were used to rebalance humours
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New plants were brought back from the New World (America) e.g. Ipecac (used in treating dysentery) and Chinchoa (used to treat malaria)
A new science (known as iatrochemistry or medical chemistry) was extremely popular
Idea of transference - an illness or disease that could be transferred to something else - soem pople used to sleep with sheep in their bedrooms, hoping that their fever would transfer to the animal
Alchemy meant that people began to look for chemical cures to disease - metals were used to cure ailments
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