Medicine in the Middle Ages
Gone Medieval
00:00
Did You Know That the Doctors Were Better Than the Surgeons?
The mediaeval doctor was more responsible for curing whatever disease you were afflicted with, while trying to understand what was going on inside you. Doctors and surgeons were both expected to be not only but to hold themselves to a high standard that would have been expected of them. There we have the barber surgeon who usually didn't have a formal education, but he was generally looked upon to perform an array of pretty envasive procedures. These guys usually trained for several years as an apprentice to learn their skills. And so ideally, if you, you know, went in for a quick sha, he'd be happy to pull out a rotted tooth or remove a finger that had succumbed to gangrene
Play episode from 04:36
Transcript
