Reading the above, people might think that medieval doctors weren't that smart. They were smart, but their cures were based on the way they looked at diseases and how they used superstitious beliefs. Now, they must have thought the bites would swell and bring the edges together and for some superstitious reason chopping off their heads would help the itching. Another reason they had such far-fetched ideas was although in Greece, science had reached it's sophisticated level, in the rest of Europe people couldn't understand it until the Arabs translated the scientific texts into Latin. Even though medieval medicine was partly made out of plants they also had weird ingredients to.
Some examples are dung beetles, bat droppings, and powdered earthworms.
The medicines could be drunken or made into ointments. There was also no such thing as injections,no completely safe ways to put a patient to sleep, and the connection between bad hygiene and disease had not yet been made. The Middle Ages was a very interesting part of history and there is much more to learn about besides the people. You should remember the king because he was the head of the feudal system, the lady because she was treated so badly, and the doctor because he had the power to cure.