What Was Medicine Like in the Middle Ages? History of Medicine 2?

Medicine in the Middle Ages was like a big puzzle that people tried to solve without knowing all the pieces.

Back then, doctors didn't have microscopes or x-rays, so they had to guess what was making people sick. Sometimes they used funny mixtures, think of it like baking cookies but with weird stuff like honey, onions, and even wine! They believed that the body had four main parts called humors, blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile, and if one part got out of balance, you’d get sick. So doctors would try to make your body "feel better" by letting you bleed or giving you strange medicines.

Some doctors wore big hats that looked like they were from a fantasy movie, and they used tools like long tubes and sharp knives. They even had a special way of cleaning wounds called cupping, which involved using hot cups to suck out the "bad stuff" from your skin, it probably felt a bit like getting a big hug from a hot cup!

It was kind of like having a friend who tried to fix your toys without seeing what was broken, they just did their best with the tools they had!