Treatments and preventions

Question 1

1250-1500

Answer 1

Preventions:
Purify air with incense.
Regimen Sanitatis.
Prayer

Treatments:
Basic herbs: Theriaca
Bloodletting & purging
Hospitals = Monasteries with a fresh diet offered
Prayer

Question 2

1500-1700

Answer 2

Preventions:
Burning tar
Staying away from waste
Regimen Sanitatis
Prayer

Treatments:
Exotic herbs like coffee and Cinchona Bark
Bloodletting & purging
Arsenic compounds
Prayer

Question 3

1700-1900

Answer 3

Preventions:
Vaccines: 1796 and 1880s
Government laws:
1848 and 1875
Antiseptic surgery

Treatments:
Chemicals: Iodine used as an early antiseptic
Herbal remedies
Patent medicines