Cost: £££££ Cost: £££ Barber Surgeons Women the least qualified medical professionals. They Most people were treated by women at home; had sharp knives and a steady hand so could this involved making the patient comfortable, perform small surgeries such as extracting preparing food and mixing herbal remedies. teeth and bleeding. They would advertise their services by putting a Women would also grow plants known for their bowl of blood in the shop window until 1309, healing properties. There is some evidence that after that they displayed a sign of a bandaged, they also carried out minor surgery and bleeding bloody arm. but the records are patchy. Some were highly trained, in Europe some doctors were surgically trained alongside Cost: Free medicine. They learned from practical experience instead of books. Cost: ££ Medieval Hospitals
Cost: £££££ Cost: £££ Barber Surgeons the least qualified medical professionals. They had sharp knives and a steady hand so could perform small surgeries such as extracting teeth and bleeding. They would advertise their services by putting a bowl of blood in the shop window until 1309, after that they displayed a sign of a bandaged, bloody arm. Some were highly trained, in Europe some doctors were surgically trained alongside medicine. They learned from practical experience instead of books. Cost: ££ Women Most people were treated by women at home; this involved making the patient comfortable, preparing food and mixing herbal remedies. Women would also grow plants known for their healing properties. There is some evidence that they also carried out minor surgery and bleeding but the records are patchy. Cost: Free Medieval Hospitals