Many medieval medical texts set out the desired character traits of a good medical practitioner, especially as pertains to surgeons, with instructions on how to navigate payment depending on the patient’s situation. 1-4 Even before the Hippocratic Oath was standardized, there were various versions of professional codes of ethics and behavior toward the financial status of patients among medical practitioners. Great disparities in wealth and differences in access to healthcare between the top and bottom of society are hardly new experiences in human history. 9 C (York, England, 1364),Ĭourtesy of Bibliotheca Philadelphiensis. “ Urine Wheel,” Almanack, Free Library of Philadelphia – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States “If it be a poor man”: medieval medical treatment for the rich and poor April 29, 2019
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