Prevention of disease-medieval medicine

Prevention of Disease- 

• Lead a life free of sins - regular prayers, confessions and offerings to the church worked together to ensure that any minor sins were quickly forgiven
• Cleanliness is important - bathing was important as bad smells indicated miasma. only the wealthy could afford private baths with hot water so public baths were availibe at a fee for poorer people and the really poor bathed in rivers where possible. but everyone, no matter how poor, washed their hands before and usually after evry meal
• Diet - since The Theory of The Four Humours was…