Doctors during the medieval ages greatly believed in blood-letting. Everyone in that time believed that regular blood-letting kept you healthy. Doctors also believed on heavily using salves and ointments to treat patients. They believed that using them would stop heat or moisture from escaping the body. Doctor’s prescribed baths in water that was scented to the ill too. Laxatives during this time was also a huge deal to keep a person healthy. People that believed that by purging often, they wouldn’t get sick. Doctor’s during this time were not the ones that completed surgeries. The barbers did because they knew how to work sharp tools. Barbers were also dentists. They did not have very much knowledge on how to perform surgeries or teeth operations,
