text: Medicine in the Middle Ages was really scary by our standards. People blamed disease and sickness on everything from ghosts to an angry God. Along about the 14th century, everything was changing. Superstitions ran amuck, but exploration and enlightenment was creeping into society. Dissections and the study of anatomy were popular with whole universities devoted to this science. Still, no one knew what caused illnesses and diseases like small pox destroyed thousands. Diseases were treated with herbs, prayers and rituals (including bloodletting). Sanitation wasn't practiced, so as you can imagine "disease demons" ran amuck.\n\n\nHere's a couple of good sites for you:\nhttp://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/medicine_in_the_middle_ages.htm\nhttp://www.learner.org/exhibits/middleages/health.html\n\n\nGood luck with your studies,\n~Tia~