In the Middle Ages there were two main civilisations: Christianity and Islam. They both developed their own theories about medicine and treatment. It has been argued that both religions have the best medical treatment, though they have many similarities. Even though they have a lot of theories the same, the qualities of the cultures were different therefore they believed different things. The similarities in treatments are mainly due to ancient medical writers, e.g. Hippocrates …showed first 75 words of 600 total…

…showed last 75 words of 600 total…knew very much about the treatments of illnesses because they had completely the wrong idea about what caused the illness. They both knew the basics of anatomy due to wars. They both thought that their holy books had all the answers, so they didn't put too much emphasise on discovering new things. Both faiths helped medicine n their own way, but they were held firmly back by the belief that the ancient writers were right.