Medical Education
Medical education began the separation of the Catholic Church and the society's ideas about medicine. This lead to independent interpretations of the newly discovered medical world without the assistance of the Church.
Medical Schools trained students in a variety of fields of medicine. People who attended these school were expected. The idea of schools that curriculum was focused on the art of medicine and surgery. One of the very first successful medical schools was built in Italy.
The Curricualm of medical schools included the works of ancient and modern physicians, such as the greek scholar Galen. The learning process also included Islamic and traditional medicinal history. Students that attended medical schools were taught through a hierarchy. The ones at the top received the most and best education from the high end doctors and physicians.
Medics and battlefield doctors were responsible to know a wide range of surgical knowledge. The most important of their specialties were the treatment of gunshot and cannon wounds, stopping large amounts of bleeding, and removing arrows. The revolution of war weapons and techniques called many surgeons to war. New ways of stopping blood loss were revolutionized because of the invention of gun powder. The most important of these, was a process called cauterization. Doctors were able to stop blood loss by burning the patient with a hot tool. Aside from stopping the bleeding, it also dramatically lowered the risk of infection.
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