"By modern standards, medieval plague remedies seem ludicrous, but, given the state of medicine in the mid-fourteenth century, they were rational and well-advised. The Greeks and their Islamic commentators were fine theoreticians and, by their own standard, competent physiologists, but they based their ideas on theory rather than direct, clinical observation and experience. Medieval physicians stressed argument, especially syllogism. Consequently, they were poor anatomists, pathologists, and epidemiologists, and were able to do little to fight the plague."
Robert S. Gottfried
No more ludicrous than CONVID and opiates.
