Greg Jenner

So this is ancient theory that's still in use in the 1500s and 1600s.

Ria, which of the humoral profiles do you think you would be?

So we've honed our sense of humours, lol.

Now let's look at the various medical professions in Renaissance England, because there's not just one type of healthcare worker.

As today, there are multiple professions.

So Alana, can we start with, I suppose, the obvious ones, what we would call physicians, which I assume means doctor, but maybe it doesn't?

Oh.

So this is a brand new... It's a new thing.

...guild, a body... Yeah.

...to regulate and to administer and say, like, you've been, you're legit, you've done the training.

That's too much hemlock.

And so the physicians are, I suppose, the educated class, right?

They have to know Latin and Greek.

They've got to know their Galen.

They've got to know their humours.

So, OK, so if I'm a rich person spending my 10 shillings to get the doctor in, the physician comes around, how are they diagnosing me?

What are they looking for in terms of symptoms, things they can read?

Really?

Yeah.

Okay.