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Diagnostic Misconceptions - Physicians

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There were few physicians at this time and only the rich could afford to be diagnosed by them. In reality, people were more likely to be treated by a barber-surgeon, an apothecary or a wise woman and if they could not afford to pay they would barter goods instead.

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