Why was Medieval surgery so limited?

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  • Created by: JazzS14
  • Created on: 27-01-21 16:31

Many Medieval surgeons were not surgeons in the modern sense

Most were barbers who combined hair cutting with small surgical operations such as bloodletting and tooth extraction. Compared with doctors, barber-surgeons were lower class medical tradesmen.

The most common surgical procedure was bloodletting, which was done to restore the balance of humours in the body. It was performed by making a small cut on the inside of the…

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