Most doctors still believed the Greek theory that you became ill when the 'Four Humours' - phlegm, black bile, yellow bile, blood - became unbalanced. But they also blamed everything from the stars, to demons, to sin, to bad smells.
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surgery
There was some progress in the area of surgery. The Middle Ages was a time of constant warfare, so surgeons got lots of practice and: realised that wine was a mild antiseptic developed a range of painkillers, including opium
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public health
It used to be thought that medieval towns were filthy, without drains, sewers or rubbish collections. However, modern historians have found out that: Parliament passed the first law requiring people to keep the streets and rivers clean in 1388. Me
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surgery in 20th century
r the first time in history, people went into hospital not just expecting to be healed, but expecting to come out better than they went in. Key advances included: In the 1940s, the British surgeon, Archibald McIndoe, did the first plastic surgery on
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public health in 20th cntury
By 2001 the government provided or subsidised a huge array of services to: help with family planning, care for pregnant women and visit mothers with infants provide doctors and hospitals, dentists and opticians, diet and psychological care support
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There was some progress in the area of surgery. The Middle Ages was a time of constant warfare, so surgeons got lots of practice and: realised that wine was a mild antiseptic developed a range of painkillers, including opium
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