Medicine In Tudor Times About Medicine In Tudor times, medicine had not advanced since medieval England. It is thought that only 10% of all Tudors lived beyond their 40th birthday because of infections, germs, poor standards of knowledge and science. In the countryside, villagers would of relied on herbal remedies for illnesses, such as natural ingredients like lavender. Doctors had to train in astrology as well as medicine as people used to believe that illnesses were caused more by the influence of stars than germs and poor hygiene. In those days, people did not understand about germs and hygiene. Most people had no access to doctors as they were expensive. Mainly the rich would go and see doctors. There were no anaesthetics, antibiotics or painkillers as they were not yet discovered. If anyone needed surgery then they would of probably died due to infection and bacteria.

Here are some Illnesses Known In Tudor Times Deafness Small pox Head-lice Gout Jaundice Plagues Sweating Sickness Scurvy Scrofula Gout Scurvy Jaundice Smallpox Sweating Sickness Head-lice Deafness

A Few Cures That Tudors Thought That Worked In Tudor times Gout – Apply to the effected foot a mixture made out of worms, pigs marrow , herbs boiled together with a red-haired dog. Deafness – Mix a gall of a hare with grease from a fox. Warm the concoction and place it into the ear. Smallpox – Hang red curtains around the victims bed and as the red light produced by the curtains will cure the patient. Head-lice – Pouring tobacco juice onto your/their scalp Jaundice – To swallow nine lice mixed with ale (alcohol) and do it continuously for 7 days Also, One of the common treatments was bleeding. Sometimes a doctor would open a vein by cutting it and letting out the “bad blood”. Sometimes leeches would be put on the skin. ok

By Lauryn Scrofula is a disease with glandular swellings, Leeches Lavender Scrofula Infection Scrofula is a disease with glandular swellings, probably a form of tuberculosis. By Lauryn