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What type of medicine was administered and by whom was it dispensed during shakespeares time?
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Medicines were in a natural form, rather than being refined as they are now. So, instead of prescribing a chemical derived from the urine of pregnant mares, they would just prescribe the urine. Substances were both ingested and applied topically. Many herbal remedies were used, being easy to locate. In addition, more exotic remedies, usually of dubious value, were also to be found, like "mummy", the ground-up bodies of ancient Egyptian mummies.
These medicines might be administered by professed physicians, of which there were a few, or by apothecaries, the equivalent of druggists or pharmacists. The herbal remedies would have been in use by village herbologists, women who had some skill in medicinal herbs and therefore ran the risk of being accused of witchcraft, and also midwives.
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