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Sweating sickness, also known as the sweats, English sweating sickness, English sweat or sudor anglicus in Latin, was a mysterious and contagious disease that struck England and later continental Europe in a series of epidemics beginning in 1485.
14th-century health disasters (4 C, 18 P) S. ... 31 P) Pages in category "Medieval health disasters" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
The kingdom of Wessex, which eventually laid claim to England as a whole, evolved a centralised royal administration. One part of this was the king's council, the witenagemot, comprising the senior clergy, ealdormen, and some of the more important thegns; the council met to advise the king on policy and legal issues. [81]
Medieval Bodies: Life, Death and Art in the Middle Ages. Wellcome Collection. ISBN 978-1781256800. Mitchell, Piers D. Medicine in the Crusades: Warfare, Wounds, and the Medieval Surgeon (Cambridge University Press, 2004) 293 pp. Porter, Roy.The Greatest Benefit to Mankind. A medical history of humanity from antiquity to the present ...
Tacuinum Sanitatis, Lombardy, late 14th century (Biblioteca Casanatense, Rome).. The British Library possesses in its Oriental Manuscripts collection a presentation copy of Taqwīm as‑Siḥḥa from 1213 copied in Arabic for al-Malik al-Ẓāhir, son of Saladin.
Various aspects of public health: From top to bottom: Community health worker in Mali, vaccination example (COVID-19 vaccination in Germany), historical sewer installation photo from the United States, anti-smoking campaign in India. Part of a series on Public health Outline Subfields Community health Dental public health Environmental health Epidemiology Health economics Health education ...
The crisis of the Middle Ages was a series of events in the 14th and 15th centuries that ended centuries of European stability during the late Middle Ages. [1] Three major crises led to radical changes in all areas of society: demographic collapse, political instability, and religious upheavals.
Middle Ages portal; During most of the Middle Ages (c. 410–1485 AD), the island of Great Britain was divided into multiple kingdoms. By the end of the period two remained: the Kingdom of England, of which Wales was a principality, and the Kingdom of Scotland.