In the 15th century, a book called Fasciculus Medicinae was created, which at that time served as a universal medical reference and contained a description of methods for treating a wide variety of ailments. This tome was recently published online by the New York Medical Academy. Here is the most interesting thing in the life of doctors who lived 500 years ago.
Bloodletting
Bloodletting has been one of the most popular treatments. The Fasciculus Medicinae folio contained a special illustration - a diagram showing the points on the human body from which blood can be drawn. The thing is that in those days people believed that most diseases appear due to the imbalance of the four "vital juices": blood, lymph, yellow and black bile.
Zodiacal medicine
Fasciculus Medicinae also had a curious schema with the signs of the zodiac. Each of them corresponded to some part of the human body. This "calendar" was used by medieval surgeons. It was believed that if the Moon is in the constellation with which the operated organ is marked, a person can die.
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Medieval baldness
This curious diagram shows the most common ailments that a person has encountered. It is curious that even then baldness irritated men and was considered a disease. Medieval doctors even prescribed hair restoration products, which, of course, did not help.
Wound man
This is what this scheme was called. It shows all kinds of injuries and injuries, including those that people inflicted on each other with weapons. The text next to it talked about how different wounds should be treated and treated. It is worth noting that medieval doctors had a very good knowledge of the treatment of wounds.
A plague on both your houses
This illustration preceded a large section on the plague, the scourge of medieval Europe. It depicts a doctor's visit to a plague patient. The section itself contained a huge amount of information about the methods of treating plague and how to prevent it.
Need a little
Urine was very important in medieval medicine. It was on her that doctors tried to diagnose most of the diseases. Fasciculus Medicinae contained comprehensive information on the relationship of diseases to the color, smell, and even taste of urine. The folio had a special scheme called the "circle of urine", which made it possible to quickly remember the main signs of this fluid.
What's inside
It is curious that for a long time, medieval doctors did not autopsy patients. This practice returned only at the beginning of the New Age. This is especially curious, since in ancient times, ancient doctors were actively interested in how a person works inside. This page from Fasciculus Medicinae was the first in the section on the autopsy of dead bodies.
