Many nurses learned their job by assisting more experienced doctors and practitioners. Before midwives could practice, they had to obtain a document from their local parish priest attesting to their good character. In 1221 the Holy Roman Emperor Fredrick the second, decreed that no one could practice medicine without a university qualification. This effectively barred women from the profession, considering women were forbidden to go to universities.Monday, May 16, 2011
Were Women Doctors?
Women played a large part in the provision of healthcare and medicine. Although they were not normally doctors, most nurses were women, as well as midwives. Nurses in the Medieval ages worked mainly in hospitals, where they did their expected duties, such as cleaning, dressing and feeding the ill. They were also expected to clean patients’ clothes, and prepare the dead patients for a proper burial. You may not have liked this job, but most women felt that it was their job to clean and take care of people.
Many nurses learned their job by assisting more experienced doctors and practitioners. Before midwives could practice, they had to obtain a document from their local parish priest attesting to their good character. In 1221 the Holy Roman Emperor Fredrick the second, decreed that no one could practice medicine without a university qualification. This effectively barred women from the profession, considering women were forbidden to go to universities.
Hopefully, if you lived in the Middle Ages, you would not have wanted to be a doctor or nurse if you were a woman!
Many nurses learned their job by assisting more experienced doctors and practitioners. Before midwives could practice, they had to obtain a document from their local parish priest attesting to their good character. In 1221 the Holy Roman Emperor Fredrick the second, decreed that no one could practice medicine without a university qualification. This effectively barred women from the profession, considering women were forbidden to go to universities.
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I find it interesting that women were nurses and not doctors. It's kind of the same today becuase you don't see that many male nurses, but there are male doctors.
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