The Middle Ages were a time of action and great emotion. Almost all European inhabitants became Christians, so the church had a lot of control over people. The church used people's beliefs to control them, collecting land and taxes and making laws. The bubonic plague spread to Europe, the plague killed approximately 75 million people worldwide from a single cause. Many superstitions were created because of the Black Death, generating ideas that were thought to prevent the plague but actually did. Medicine at that time was also not studied carefully and correctly. Not much science was used to conduct and create medical procedures and medications. Medicine in the Middle Ages was primitive and caused improper practices and beliefs. There are many reasons why doctors, universities, scientists and medieval people turned to faulty manufacturers. Religion and beliefs can easily influence practice and the reasons why people react in certain ways and why they do things. Religion during the medieval period had many medicinal effects, remedies and practices. The doctor of medicine knew the practice well Aesculapius, Dioscorides, Rufus, Hippocrates (Caucer 22-3). Some of the people he mentions are gods and many practices refer to God for cures because medieval doctors had no knowledge, so doctors did everything they could to make a cure. Again religion is a belief system of power, change easily persuades the minds of many individuals to create ideas to help solve a problem and in reality and science the solution doesn't really work. Medicine was in the hands of the Christian Church and Muslims (Rogers 23). Medicine may have been influenced by religion and trans… half of article… Bantam, 1981. 2-41. Print.Cosman, Madeine and Linda Jones. "Medicine, science and technology". Manual for life in the medieval world. vol. 2. New York: File Facts, 2008. 470-549. Print.Dawson, Ian. “The Fall and Rise of Medicine.” Medicine in the Middle Ages. New York: Enchanted Lion, 2005. 4-9. Print.Newman, Paul B. Daily Life in the Middle Ages. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland, 1961. Print.Rogers, Kara, ed. Medicine and healers in history. New York: Britannica, 2011. Print. Health and disease in society. Singman, Jeffrey L. “Material Culture.” Daily life in medieval Europe. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood, 1999. 33-64. Print.Wallace, Edwin R. “Mental Health, Meaning of Mental Health.” Encyclopedia of bioethics. Ed. G. Stefano. 3rd ed. New York: Reference Macmillan USA, 2004. 1757-1765. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Network. November 9. 2011.