Medicine in the 1500's

Do you know how lucky you are? When you got a bad arm or leg disease in the 1500's they would have to amputate it. I would not want my leg cut off.  You all are lucky that you did not live in that time. They had diseases like the measles and the mumps in the 16th century too.  You can get both of those today, but they didn't have cures back then.

They had a ton of diseases in the 1500's that you had to watch out for because they were very dangerous worse than cancer  now.  If I lived in the 16th century and I got sick I would be very scared, wouldn't you.  The diseases there were in the 1500's are not her now. If I was a doctor in the 1500's I would be working hard every day to find more cures. All they had in the 16th century is liquid that was usually very nasty. They used to think walnut meat cured headaches. Wouldn't that be weird if we still did that? They didn't have shots or pills. They usually did surgery that doesn't help you very much.

The doctors did the best they could to try and cure someone.  Usually it was not enough because they didn't have the tools or medicine we have today. In the 16th century the doctors didn't have a way to put you to sleep, so you had to stay awake during your surgerys. That would hurt, don't you think? I would hope to stay healthy all the time if I lived in that time.  

We are really lucky that we have more cures and better ways of many medical things. The doctors today are working very hard to make us healthy.The doctors back in the 1500's did the best they could and saved a few number of people. The people back then would be very thankful for what we have and we should be too.