Change in Care and Treatment

Question 1

how did training of apothecaries and surgeons change?

Answer 1

They were better trained through guild systems. This meant they were apprentices, then journeymen and then masters

Question 2

what was needed to be an apothecary or a surgeon?

Answer 2

a licence was needed to prove training was completed

Question 3

how were apothecaries and surgeons considered?

Answer 3

• inferior to physicians which meant no university training

- cheaper

Question 4

what was university training like for physicians?

Answer 4

• long

- based on textbooks rather than practical experience

Question 5

how did training for physicians change?

Answer 5

• better access to a variety of medical books/drawings due to the printing press
• ideas of anatomy inspired physicians to become more experimental
• dissection was legalised but took time to become common