What were the cures for the following medieval conditions Puerperal fever Smallpox Typhoid fever Dysentery Ergotism Gonorrhea Influenza Leprosy Malaria Measles Plague?

Answer 1

There generally was no cure before they recognized the cause. Bleeding, herbal potions, etc., were used, usually death was the final cure. Those who lived were simply able to overcome the disease on their own. As far as venereal diseases, syphilis was especially disastrous because outward systems disappeared and when it hit the nervous system and the person became "mad" or psychotic they were locked up until they died. With others they would use a red hot rod and insert it up the penis. This likely had a poor outcome with scar tissue creating a temporary lack of feeling. Women were less lucky, they would develop pelvic inflammatory disease and die of sepsis. Sepsis, or infection was a big killer before antibiotics.