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===
-Bleeding was a common practise to let off the energy of young men.
+'''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:
+For example, a [[literature|literary]] hero [[Guingamor]] is to go [[hunting]] but:
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 <tr><td>''Si estoit auques desetiez,''</td><td> And so was feeling rather indisposed.</td></tr>
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-<center>[[Guingamor]] line 25-26 (trans Weingartner)</center>
+<center>- ''[[Guingamor]]'' line 25-26 (trans. Weingartner)</center>
-So Guingamor stays at home and plays chess.
+So Guingamor stays at home and plays [[chess]].
-[[Category:12th Century|Medicine]]
+[[Category:12th century]]