Question

How were ill people treated in earlier days​

Answer 1

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• ᴀɴ ɪᴍʙᴀʟᴀɴᴄᴇ ᴏꜰ ʜᴜᴍᴏʀꜱ ᴄᴀᴜꜱᴇᴅ ᴅɪꜱᴇᴀꜱᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏᴅʏ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ʙᴇ ᴘᴜʀɢᴇᴅ ᴏꜰ ᴇxᴄᴇꜱꜱ ʙʏ ʙʟᴇᴇᴅɪɴɢ, ᴄᴜᴘᴘɪɴɢ, ᴀɴᴅ ʟᴇᴇᴄʜɪɴɢ – ᴍᴇᴅɪᴄᴀʟ ᴘʀᴀᴄᴛɪᴄᴇꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴄᴏɴᴛɪɴᴜᴇᴅ ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍɪᴅᴅʟᴇ ᴀɢᴇꜱ. ᴍᴀɴʏ ᴅɪꜱᴇᴀꜱᴇꜱ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴄᴀᴜꜱᴇᴅ ʙʏ ᴀɴ ᴇxᴄᴇꜱꜱ ᴏꜰ ʙʟᴏᴏᴅ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏᴅʏ ᴀɴᴅ ʙʟᴏᴏᴅʟᴇᴛᴛɪɴɢ ᴡᴀꜱ ꜱᴇᴇɴ ᴀꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏʙᴠɪᴏᴜꜱ ᴄᴜʀᴇ

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Answer 2

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An imbalance of humors caused disease and the body could be purged of excess by bleeding, cupping, and leeching – medical practices that continued through the Middle Ages. Many diseases were thought to be caused by an excess of blood in the body and bloodletting was seen as the obvious cure