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Did Medicine Improve In the Middle Ages?
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... Did Medicine Improve In the Middle Ages? After the collapse of the Roman Empire midway through the first millennium A.D. many of its former provinces suffered from regression. As the affluent empirical resources had been taken away with the withdrawal of the Roman armies from Britain, few had the knowledge or skill to continue their work or to preserve their foundations of a great society. With the chaos following the Romans' withdrawal, while Britain was invaded by the Vikings, Saxons and Normans, much of their knowledge was lost. Very few people could read or write so the books the Romans had learned from were useless. As the British people were conquered by nations who had never been under the Roman influence and therefore had no understanding of their literature or practical beliefs, they regressed to a similar way of life they led from before the Romans came. The














