How Safe Were Medieval Medical Practices?

Join Medieval Historian Matt Lewis as he uncovers the world of Medieval health care,

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00:00 Introduction
01:11 Medical Practitioners in the Middle Ages
02:23 Humors
04:51 Uroscopy
07:53 Bloodletting
12:48 Cauterisation
14:17 Enema
15:25 Leprosy
18:43 Black Death
24:22 Legacy of Medieval Medicine

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