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The Italian Patient - Santa Maria Nuova

The Italian Patient - Santa Maria Nuova Copyrighted imageCredit: Used with permission
Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 01 Sep 2005
By The Renaissance Secrets team
The poor received free treatment at hospitals, six senior doctors were employed and food and wine were served to patients - 14th Century Florence could...
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Medical knowledge and beliefs in Renaissance Italy

Medical knowledge and beliefs in Renaissance Italy Copyrighted imageCredit: Used with permission
Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 01 Sep 2005
By The Renaissance Secrets team
Although medical services were widely provided, they relied on a second century view of how the body worked.
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Medicine in 14th Century Venice

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Introductory Level Duration 10 mins Updated 01 Sep 2005
By The Renaissance Secrets team
Treatments were made from a variety of ingredients, both herbal and mineral. John Henderson has found evidence that treatment of the soul was as important...
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The Italian Patient: Health care in Renaissance Italy

The Italian Patient: Health care in Renaissance Italy Copyrighted imageCredit: Production team
Introductory Level Duration 10 mins Updated 01 Sep 2005
By The Renaissance Secrets team
Were Renaissance hospitals hell-holes? John Henderson finds similarities to today's health care, and Katherine Park shows that autopsies were often performed.
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