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Medicine during the Renaissance :



As expected there was not the best medicine during the Renaissance Period. During this time period knowledge of this subject was not as advanced as it is today.

Tools: Instruments used for surgery remained very basic. The main instruments used were a saw, drill, pliers, and forceps. There were no instruments that could be used to observe bacteria, which created a need for cheep urbane scrubs.



A saw used to perform surgery including amputations. Drills were used to remove teeth during the Renaissance period.  Medicine: During this time period the development of medicine increased. For medicine doctors used plants, herbs, and minerals to heal patients. Different forms of medicine started to be created during the Renaissance. Unfortunately, not all medicine worked due to the lack of knowledge compared to today.



Facilities: Hospitals during this time period were thought of as spas. Patients were given free wine and cooked food made by ingredients planted on the premises. They received lots of care and stayed in beautiful facilities. These buildings were surrounded with groomed garden and could be thought of as luxury hotels. Unfortunately,only major cities had hospitals, so anyone who needed treatment but lived to far out in the country where access to hospitals was to far away for the patient to be treated.

Knowledge: Lots of knowledge on medicine and health was produced during this time period. There were books on the human body and blood vessels that were published. Diagrams of the human body were produced by the printing press. New knowledge and inventions advanced medicine quickly during the Renaissance.



Who was treated: The majority of the people who were treated by trained doctors had to be very rich. Many poor people could not be treated because they did not have enough money to pay the doctors. This was a major problem because lots of farmers would die because they could not receive medical care.

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