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Printing Democratized Medical Knowledge
- The printing press created huge demand for medical books in English as people wanted to treat illnesses themselves.
- This undercut Latin-trained physicians and expanded public medical knowledge and practices.
Four Humors Still Dominated Treatments
- Tudor medicine still rested on the ancient Four Humors: blood, yellow bile, black bile, and phlegm.
- Remedies aimed to rebalance humors, reflecting continuity from Hippocrates and Galen.
Regulate Who Practices Medicine
- Henry VIII founded the Royal College of Physicians to license and regulate physicians.
- The College limited who could claim medical authority by requiring university degrees.