Major influence on people's ideas about what caused disease
Bible says God controlled all-including disease
Can't challenge the Bible or you would go to hell
The Church supported Galen-to argue with Galen was to argue with the Church
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Education
The Church controlled education and the training of physicians
There were few physicians in England because training was 7 years and few could afford the cost
Main part of training was reading the books of Hippocrates and Galen
Doctors weren't encouraged to think for themselves
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Attitudes
Great respect for traditional ideas
People wanted everything kept as it was
What happened to one man was a warning to everyone else
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Government
Little money was spent on medical research
Major tasks of the king where to defend the country in war and keep the country peaceful
Kings did order towns to be cleaned but not regularly and they didn't pay for it
No taxes were collected to improve people's health
No money was spent to find medical breakthrough's
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Individuals
No individual made a significant medical breathrough because of the limited education
Doctors didn't believe they were right just because they were taught to, there were other reasons- people's symptoms seemed to support their beliefs and the ideas were logical and reassuring.
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