Medieval surgery

12 questions

1. What was the purpose of bloodletting?
2. What does the treatment of illness and disease involve?
3. Herbal remedies which included mint could be good for treating what conditions?
4. Complete the sentence. Pomanders were used to protect people from ...
5. Identify the examples of purging.
6. When did the Theory of Opposites recommend people eat peppers?
7. Which surgical procedure involves cutting off part of a person's body?
8. How did medieval barber-surgeons train?
9. What was the most common medieval surgical procedure?
10. Which medieval surgeon recommended using wine to help fight infections?
11. Match each of the major problems with medieval surgery with the methods which were mainly used to try and manage them.
12. Which statement is most accurate about medieval surgery?

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