16th century medicine

Sixteenth-century medicine was a mix of traditional beliefs and early scientific approaches. Physicians relied heavily on ideas from ancient Greece and Rome, such as balancing humors (blood, phlegm, black bile, yellow bile) to maintain health. Treatments included herbal remedies, bloodletting, and purging, often based on superstition. Anatomy knowledge improved through dissections, but many practices were limited by lack of understanding of germs and disease. Despite these restrictions, the period saw important advances in medical understanding, laying groundwork for future scientific discoveries.