Matlida Bone

The historical fiction novel Matilda Bone by Karen Cushman takes you on a journey to the Middle Ages to experience the views on medical practice, Religion and hygiene. Medical practice in the middle ages involved Astrology and a lot of sometimes ridiculous superstitions and "potions". Also involved in medical practice was religion, the main religion of Medieval Britain was Christianity. Latin was used a lot by priest and so priests were very respected. A thing that was lacking in the middle ages is a sense of hygeine, chamber pots were thrown into the street, people put dung on their teeth to fix a toothache and barbers would saw of your leg just as soon as they would trim a beard. Life in the Middle Ages would have been a very unclean life and I am surprised that they even lived at all.