Sex Differences In The Middle Ages Essay
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Cadden, Joan. "The Meanings of Sex Difference in the Middle Ages."Google Books. Cambridge University Press, 2003. Web. 16 Sept. 2014. < http://books.google.com/books> Cadden 's book explains the beliefs and values that occurred during the middle ages, which led them to practice medicine in such a way that was not fully by "procedure," but by the way they believed was right due to their religion. The Middle Ages had very limited medical knowledge, and what they did know was based on ancient Greek medical texts written by Hippocrates and Galen. This source talked much about how during the Middle Ages doctors would follow steps of a surgery to either religious belief which were that of Catholicism, or have spiritual …show more content…
This article talked about religious ideas affecting the state of medicine during this period. For example, medicine became steeped in superstition and the Roman Catholic Church effectively dominated what direction the medical world took. Any views different from the established Roman Catholic Church view could veer towards heresy with the punishments that entailed. In fact, when the Roman Catholic Church stated that illnesses were punishments from God, meaning those who were ill, became ill because they were sinners, but few argued otherwise. Medicine has really changed over the years, with beliefs, culture, and …show more content…
The main arguments that this source discussed were the unhealthy and unsanitary diseases that affected most people in the middle ages, due to the fact that there were many germs being spread through the doctors themselves during an operation. Or, some of the diseases that were being transmitted were airborne and it was easier for others to catch it. Dysentery: an infection caused either by bacteria or amoebas, spread through contamination of food and water by infected fecal matter. Influenza: an acute, extremely contagious viral infection of the upper respiratory tract, spread by inhalation. These were some of the common diseases that spread during the Middle
Cadden, Joan. "The Meanings of Sex Difference in the Middle Ages."Google Books. Cambridge University Press, 2003. Web. 16 Sept. 2014. < http://books.google.com/books> Cadden 's book explains the beliefs and values that occurred during the middle ages, which led them to practice medicine in such a way that was not fully by "procedure," but by the way they believed was right due to their religion. The Middle Ages had very limited medical knowledge, and what they did know was based on ancient Greek medical texts written by Hippocrates and Galen. This source talked much about how during the Middle Ages doctors would follow steps of a surgery to either religious belief which were that of Catholicism, or have spiritual …show more content…
This article talked about religious ideas affecting the state of medicine during this period. For example, medicine became steeped in superstition and the Roman Catholic Church effectively dominated what direction the medical world took. Any views different from the established Roman Catholic Church view could veer towards heresy with the punishments that entailed. In fact, when the Roman Catholic Church stated that illnesses were punishments from God, meaning those who were ill, became ill because they were sinners, but few argued otherwise. Medicine has really changed over the years, with beliefs, culture, and …show more content…
The main arguments that this source discussed were the unhealthy and unsanitary diseases that affected most people in the middle ages, due to the fact that there were many germs being spread through the doctors themselves during an operation. Or, some of the diseases that were being transmitted were airborne and it was easier for others to catch it. Dysentery: an infection caused either by bacteria or amoebas, spread through contamination of food and water by infected fecal matter. Influenza: an acute, extremely contagious viral infection of the upper respiratory tract, spread by inhalation. These were some of the common diseases that spread during the Middle