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BBC NEWS | Health | Busting modern medical myths
Doctors may be unaware of new methods In the early days of medicine, physicians might diagnose patients using bumps on their head, or dispense a couple of leeches to draw off 'ill humors'. Yet a medieval doctor might give a more confident response than his modern equivalent if a patient asked for the evidence to support their treatment.
Studies of patients with brain damage suggest that damage to almost any area of the brain has specific and lasting effects on mental, vegetative and behavioural capabilities.
'Medical myths' exposed as untrue