12th Century medicine: Difference between revisions

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Blood letting was a common practice to let of the energy of young men. For example, a literary hero Guingamor is to go hunting but:

Ses nies estoit ce jor seingniez,	His nephew [Guingamor] had been bled that day
Si estoit auques desetiez,	And so was feeling rather indisposed.

- Guingamor line 25-26 (trans. Weingartner)

So Guingamor stays at home and plays chess.

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-===bleeding===
+===Blood Letting===
+'''Blood letting''' was a common practice to let of the energy of young men.
-Guingamor is to go hunting but:
+For example, a [[literature|literary]] hero [[Guingamor]] is to go [[hunting]] but:
-Ses nies estoit ce jor seingniez,<br>
-Si estoit auques desetiez,<br>
+<table cellpadding="5" align="center">
-His nephew had been bled that day<br>
+<tr><td>''Ses nies estoit ce jor seingniez,''</td><td>His nephew [Guingamor] had been bled that day</td></tr>
-And so was feeling rather indisposed.<br>
+<tr><td>''Si estoit auques desetiez,''</td><td> And so was feeling rather indisposed.</td></tr>
-[[Guingamor]] line 25-26 (trans Weingartner)
+</table>
+<center>- ''[[Guingamor]]'' line 25-26 (trans. Weingartner)</center>
-So he stays at home and plays chess.
+So Guingamor stays at home and plays [[chess]].
+[[Category:12th century]]