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Health, Disease and Medicine in Medieval Europe and Japan
In Medieval Europe and Japan, living standards and people’s health were much poorer than today. ... There are many similarities between Medieval Europe and Japan with regard to health, disease and medicine. Neither the Japanese nor the Europeans understood the origins of disease or how to prevent it. ... Japan’s isolation protected it from some of the epidemics that ravaged Europe. Also, superior hygiene standards in Japan reduced deaths from diseases such as dysentery. However, Japan was more affected by famine than was Europe.
Both Medieval Europeans and Japanese did not understand the causes of disease. In Europe, “as the church taught that God sent illness, and that repenting would cure all evils, many people at the time believed that pilgrimage would cure them. Other theories were based upon astrology, the movement of the sun and stars”(Medicine in Medieval and Early Modern Europe).
Approximate Word count = 740
Approximate Pages = 3
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