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Medical Standards in Renaissance

During the Renaissance Period many doctors began to rethink what they knew about the human body as well as medicine. Originally medicine was studied from a religious standpoint but when the Renaissance came around doctors began to think of it from more of a scientific view. Although this was the case many of the improvements did not occur until after the Renaissance had ended.

One main thing that was changed was the doctors view on human anatomy. Renaissance doctors began to realize that they needed a more accurate depiction of the human body so that they could understand it better. When these sketches and models were made doctors had a better understanding of humans and could develop medicine and new surgeries that work better for us.



Doctors also began to realize that their methods of surgery were not the best. The surgeon was sometimes also the dentist and barber so he did not have as much training as he should have. The surgery was not the main option of people because there was usually no numbing of the patient so they would go through excruciating pain. The tools used for these surgeries were also not in adequate condition. Most of the tools were very flimsy and poorly made so they did not perform very well. They were also unsterile so there was a high risk of getting other diseases or infections on top of the sickness you had already come down with.



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