Even if you have the most basic historical knowledge, you are probably aware of the period called the Middle Ages. Sadly, ...

There were very few doctors in the Middle Ages. Training to be a doctor could take years of study and, at the time, there were ... was not very sophisticated by modern standards.

Professor Grischa Vercamer is the new Heisenberg Professor at the University of Passau for the History of Eastern and Central European Cultures in the Late Middle Ages and Early Modern Period.