Currie, Stephen

Summary: With no scientific knowledge to guide them, people of medieval times believed that diseases were supernatural phenomena or punishments from God. Thus medical treatments were usually primitive and often horrifying. But little by little, knowledge grewultimately leading to a more practical and scientific approach to understanding sickness and ways to treat it.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: ReferencePoint Press 2015

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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 364 CUR