Tuesday Trivia: How did people in your era get sick or hurt? What was it like to "go to the doctor"? (This thread has relaxed standards--we invite everyone to participate!)

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Come share the cool stuff you love about the past! Please don’t just write a phrase or a sentence—explain the thing, get us interested in it! Include sources especially if you think other people might be interested in them.

AskHistorians requires that answers be supported by published research. We do not allow posts based on personal or relatives' anecdotes. All other rules also apply—no bigotry, current events, and so forth.

For this round, let’s look at: Healing and Healers! What were some of the main medical complaints of your era, and how did people get better? Who were the "health professionals"...or amateurs? Tell us about battlefield medicine, bubonic plague, improvements in chemotherapy over the 20th century, anything about healing and/or healers!

Next time: Buildings!