Did you get help if you were sick in medieval times?

Answer 1

Generally you would either go to the wise woman, a monastery or nunnery, or, if you where wealthy enough, a physician. Monks and physicians would have been trained in 'medicine' and would be the best people to go to though a wise woman would have a knowledge of herbs which would help with things. If you caught the plague then you could join the flagellants and whip yourself and beg for mercy from God

Answer 2

In medieval Europe, you pretty much stayed home and hoped a doctor, physician or local herbwoman could drop by and help you out. There were no hospitals and in many cases the trained medical professionals (they went by several names, but often had no more formal training than anyone else) were attached primarily to the royal and noble households.

Incidentally, infectious disease was a killer back then - more people died of infections than died of war, trauma or pretty much anything else you can think of.

Answer 3

No, you'd have to find herbs and make medicine out of it

ANSWER

There were doctors and people did go to them. According to the medicine of the time the body had four "humors". There were yellow bile, black bile, white bile and blood. It was thought that too much blood made a person sick so most people went to the doctor to have blood taken out. This was done by placing a leech on the arm. It was also thought that there were "vapors" in the air that could make you sick and the ones at night were really bad. When the plague hit in 1348 a doctor would cover himself completely from head to toe and give "medicine" with a long spoon. On his face he had a mask type of the thing that fit over his nose that contained herbs to fight the "vapors". Medicines often included herbs, urine, mercury, sulfur, and other things. Some people died of the cure rather than the disease.

Answer 4

you can pray to god or go to a barbers surgery. They didnt have good medicines in those days

Answer 5

They would usually go to a doctor but the could not do much