The child and its diseases in the middle age

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Prof. O.A. Oparin

Ukrainian Humanitarian Institute

Ukrainian Academy of the History of Medicine

The work shows that a child in the Middle Ages did not have a childhood, the philosophy and religion of the Middle Ages did not consider the child, who is forming and growing, as a person, but treated him as a small adult, making the same demands on him as in work, as well as in responsibility before the law, as an adult, which negatively affected both the physical and psychological development of the child. It was noted that the child’s early consumption of alcohol led to the formation of severe chronic pathology and a decrease in general immunity, which led to early mortality. It is indicated that insufficient, both quantitatively and qualitatively, nutrition, which also suffered from poor quality, led to the birth of children with genetic anomalies, as well as the formation of severe pathology in growing children, as well as the prevalence of infectious pathology in them. It has been proven that early marriages, widespread in the Middle Ages, led to pathology, both in young mothers, and high mortality in children born to them.

Key words: Middle age, child, disease.

https://doi.org/10.15407/internalmed2024.01.042

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Опарін, О.А. Дитина та її хвороби у середні віки / Східноєвропейський журнал внутрішньої та сімейної медицини. – 2024. – № 1. – С. 42-46. doi: 10.15407/internalmed2024.01.042

Oparin OA. [The child and its diseases in the middle age]. Shidnoevr. z. vnutr. simejnoi med. 2024;1:42-46. Ukrainian. doi: 10.15407/internalmed2024.01.042

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