Difference in physician training from 1500 - late 1700s

Physician training in c.1500

• Physicians were trained at universities
• They were taught to diagnose illness by taking case histories and studying the patient's urine
• Used astrology to help decided on the timing and the treatment
• Training doctors were mostly based on using books from greek doctors especially Galen and then some Arab Doctors
• They sometimes learnt by watching disections but they were never aloud to perform them alone but they mostly believed that all the knowledge…