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This is a follow up to Medieval Medicine in a Fantasy Setting?. What could you call a medical doctor in a medieval/fantasy setting? I'm thinking along the lines of how an "alchemist" is more appropriate in a medieval/fantasy than a "chemist". So is there an equivalent setting-appropriate term for "doctor"?
Several things to keep in mind about real medieval medicine: No Sterilization - infection was rampant; very few specialists - mostly wisewomen and barbers. A genuine surgeon was bloody rare. A Medical Doctor was in fact extremely rare, and in many places, a criminal! Very little of actual systemic issues known.
The Medicine skill has multiple purposes. Here are 3 purposes that I know of: A Wisdom (Medicine) ability check can help a player determine if a type of herb / medicine is able to treat a certain illness. A Wisdom (Medicine) ability check can be used to stabilize a character who is dying (as stated in the question) A Wisdom (Medicine) ability ...
A pint of oil burns for 6 hours in a lantern. You can use a flask of oil as a splash weapon. Use the rules for alchemist’s fire, except that it takes a full round action to prepare a flask with a fuse. Once it is thrown, there is a 50% chance of the flask igniting successfully.
Fortunately some determined digging around online (there's no much info about medieval handcarts online!) turned up a solid model. From 1856 to 1860, there was a movement involving a number of large, organised Mormon migrations using — and named for — standardised handcarts designed by the church leadership, and there's naturally a ...
\$\begingroup\$ FYI, during medieval or even ancient times, mercury was more commonly available than it is in modern times. Though a rare metal, it saw extensive use in metallurgy, medicine, and even millinery. \$\endgroup\$ –
There are precedents from other games which have made use of a similar "survival fantasy" setting. The board game Zombicide: Black Plague is perhaps the most direct. Other useful places to look for source material and mechanics include the survivalist elements of the D&D Dark Sun setting and the Medieval material for Vampire: the Masquerade.
Medieval English Coins. A few words about medieval English Coins; they were specie. The values were based upon weight and purity, and the rosy picture of relatively stable prices and uniform coins are an artifact of Fantasy. The nominal base units were the penny (1 dwt of silver), the shilling (12 dwt of silver), and the pound of silver (240 dwt).
The kit has ten uses. As an action, you can expend one use of the kit to stabilize a creature that has 0 hit points, without needing to make a Wisdom (Medicine) check. Healer’s Kit is listed under “Other Adventuring Gear” in the Player’s Handbook (pg. 151) and only costs 5 gp. It eliminates the need to make any checks.
However, I would keep them out of reach of the peasants and laborers. If they were available to everyone it would change the pseudo-medieval setting in many ways just as they impacted the real world when modern medicine and technology delivered versions that were highly effective while being relatively cheap.