Medicine started to become important during the late medieval period. Diseases such as stomachaches, illnesses, or even the Black Plague became rampant during the 14th and 15th centuries CE. With medicine as an important discipline, it was necessary to find qualified physicians who would treat those who are physically and spiritually plagued by such problems. While there were physicians available for treating patients, many were not purely devoted towards helping humanity. Flaws and sins of physicians contributed to a detrimental body and even soul. While physicians were qualified to help the affected, many physicians obstructed their role as medical saviors and they impacted patients’ balance and harmony of the soul. The maintenance of the
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Sometimes, the physician may prescribe something to the patient that is considered immoral and unethical in society. Common examples of these situations are knowing “a woman carnally outside of matrimony, or to get drunk” (438). In the case of getting drunk, the patient may feel better physically but this course of action will destroy his soul. This goes against the law and ruins the moral aspect. The soul is the inner part that considers the emotions or morals of the individual. In this case, the advice impacts the morals. Subsequently, if a doctor tells a patient to have sex with a woman to feel better, this would heal the body but damage the soul as this act would transgress the laws” (438). Advices from physicians may also be unethical and immoral when dealing with religion. It would be common to tell patients not to fast because it deprives them of energy needed for bodily functions (438). However, this is not true because “grace does not destroy nature” (438). Following the ideals of the lord is crucial and will not impact an individual’s body. Ultimately, it is up to God to decide who dies and who lives so disobeying the lord’s principles would hurt one’s soul and even body as God can make an individual decay in an instant. Therefore, the advices from physicans can significantly disturb the balance of the
Sometimes, the physician may prescribe something to the patient that is considered immoral and unethical in society. Common examples of these situations are knowing “a woman carnally outside of matrimony, or to get drunk” (438). In the case of getting drunk, the patient may feel better physically but this course of action will destroy his soul. This goes against the law and ruins the moral aspect. The soul is the inner part that considers the emotions or morals of the individual. In this case, the advice impacts the morals. Subsequently, if a doctor tells a patient to have sex with a woman to feel better, this would heal the body but damage the soul as this act would transgress the laws” (438). Advices from physicians may also be unethical and immoral when dealing with religion. It would be common to tell patients not to fast because it deprives them of energy needed for bodily functions (438). However, this is not true because “grace does not destroy nature” (438). Following the ideals of the lord is crucial and will not impact an individual’s body. Ultimately, it is up to God to decide who dies and who lives so disobeying the lord’s principles would hurt one’s soul and even body as God can make an individual decay in an instant. Therefore, the advices from physicans can significantly disturb the balance of the