Lack Of Medicine In The Elizabethan Era

Elizabethan Era: Absence of Cleanliness and Knowledge Disease outbreaks were all too common during the Elizabethan Era. A lack of sanitation triggered illness outbreaks such as the plague and typhoid. Physicians lacked the medical knowledge to treat illnesses thus, allowing disease to run rampant without medicinal opposition. The lack of medical knowledge and sanitation were the most common provokers of disease and illness during the Elizabethan Era.
Absence of medical knowledge allowed disease to overwhelm much of Europe; all classes of society were hoping to survive, so they turned to the physicians. Many practitioners were inexperienced and had not attended university, and those who had attended medical university tended to the upper class first. Medicine was very basic during the Elizabethan Era, and practitioners lacked the knowledge and
It was not until Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross after the Civil War of 1860 to 1865, that sanitation of wounds and medical instruments were understood. Clara realized replacing a bloody bandage and sanitizing medical tools could drastically lessen the chances of infection. Sepsis during this time could have resulted in amputation or death. If a physician had successfully managed to treat a patient, the success had only been obtained through luck (Mortimer 191). This demonstrates how medicine in the Elizabethan Era was very unsuccessful and medical understanding was very limited. Therefore, lack of medical knowledge provoked the spread of disease throughout Europe.
Sanitation during the Elizabethan Era was heavily misunderstood. This allowed for illnesses to flourish in the large cities and towns. It was not understood that giving no regard to sanitation in the cities and towns would negatively impact everyone’s lives. The bacteria filled fecal matter decaying in the streets attracted rats and other rodents. These disease ridden rodents transmitted