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We tend to hold a pretty grim picture of medieval life in our minds as a default. The concept of the Dark Ages has probably coloured things a little, while miniatures and illuminations depicting hideous boils and gruesome surgeries have done the reputation of contemporary physicians no favours at all. But as with so much of history, the reality is always more complex than the surface-level understanding. Medieval medicine was primitive in many ways by modern standards, but also very innovative. There was no anaesthetic or a firm concept of antiseptic, and astrology played too much importance on the whole, but they understood wider holistic factors about maintaining physical health, and many remedies are still used to this day.