Medieval Medicine

Care for the sick, elderly and poor and the prisoners were some exceptions in the hands of religious institutions. He judged that the healing is in God’s hands. Treatment therefore consisted of a regular diet, herbal decoctions and prayers for healing .. In addition to herbal remedies in medieval medicine have taken a rather remarkable than helpful resources such as precious stones or pearls crushed to a fine powder, powdered bones of horses, dust from the mummies, the sebaceous glands the beaver, but also so-called “dreckapotheka, whose active part should be shit different origins. Well, against any dišputát tastes, our grandmother would say, but this was once widely used phrase used to different tastes at the table, among which “dreck-Apotheke” definitely not one.

In ancient times there was a truly remarkable way to chose when no treatment helped. Patient brought before the house – for sure, if you walked past someone who was able to ill health or injury advice? The custom, however, did not translate into the Middle Ages. People are relying more on miracles.