Medival medicine

There was a lot of superstition around following the pagan Saxons
Public health system fell into disrepair
People of the dark ages had no education so couldn't understand the importance of hygiene and clean water etc
The Christian Church re-established itself in Britain
In 12th century Islam, Ibn Zuhr described the parasite that causes scabies
Ibn al-Nafis suggested correctly that the blood flowed from one side of the heart to the other via the lungs not the septum - his work was unknown in the West until the 20th century
Alchemy was preserved by the Arabs, traces back to Egyptians
An unsuccessful experiment was as likely to be blamed on the position of the stars or spiritual purity of the alchemist as anything else
The Church had a big influence on medieval medicine; educated people had to be taught in Church institutions
Also believed that illness was a punishment for sins
Hospitals set up by monasteries…

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