Enlightened Medicine Found in Dark Ages

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Enlightened Medicine Found in Dark Ages LiveScience [uSA], 23 July 2007

 

The Dark Ages had a few more proverbial light bulbs on than once

thought, at least when it came to issues of the body. People living in

Europe during early Medieval times (400—1200 A.D.) actually had a

progressive view of illness because disease was so common and out in the

open, according to the research presented at a recent historical

conference. Instead of being isolated or shunned, the sick were

integrated into society and taken care of by the community, the evidence

suggests. " The Dark Ages weren't so dark, " said University of Nottingham

historian Christina Lee, co-organizer of the second conference on

Disease, Disability and Medicine in Early Medieval Europe. " The question

we should be asking is whether illness was actually seen as a problem.

What was classified as a disability? What was an impairment? The answer

can't be generalized. "

 

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