Health+and+medicine+in+medieval+England

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Professor Potter is going to talk about health and medicine in medieval England.
 * Health and medicine in the medieval England (Sònia Ramírez, Judit)**

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=__ **Health and medicine in the medieval England** __= ===Medicine in the medieval age was very important because in this period there were many diseases like the Black Death that killed many people. Doctors had no idea what caused them and death, the middle ages were defenseless. The underlying cause of many diseases was due to lack of sanitation. Catholic churches believed that diseases were a punishment from God for the misconduct. The health of the Medieval people of the middle ages was threatened by the poor hygiene of the period. There had antibiotics and it was impossible to cure diseases. Drugs in the Middle Ages were made from plants. Drugs were applied in beverages,tablets, soaps, baths, massages and plasters (remedies to cure the Black Death). The headaches were treated with plants such as rose, lavender, sage and bay. Coriander is also used to lower the fever and stomach pains were treated with wormwood, mint and balm. === Poor living conditions and poor diet led to many Middle Ages Health problems suffered by both the wealthy and the poor Medieval people. Anaemia was common as was rheumatism, arthritis, tuberculosis and dysentery ( known as the flux ). Childbed fever was dangerous and many women died during childbirth. Influenza was also a common health problem, referred to as the 'sweating sickness'. Sexually Transmitted diseases, such as Syphilis, were also prevalent. Following the devastating outbreak of the Black Death in England (1348-1350) a link appears to have been made between health and hygiene. In 1388, the English parliament issued a statute in an effort to clean up England and improve Middle Ages Hygiene.

__Important Doctors in the Middle Ages __

 * **Ibn Zuhr Aka Avenzoar (Arabic) **
 * **Abraham of Aragon (Muslim) **
 * **Joannes Zacharias Actuarius **
 * ===Arnaldus de Villa Nova (Catalan) ===
 * ===Ferrariuç ===
 * ===Moshe ben Maimon (Jewish) ===