The impact of war had an obvious detrimental effect on medical care, leaders of different countries were constantly being replaced and as opposed to their Arab counterparts the leaders of these countries had little interest in science and furthering their minds. In spite of all of this war did allow for better surgical knowledge and gave surgeons an opportunity to view different wounds and study how they heal. This lead to Italian doctor Theodoric criticising Greek and Roman ideas about the way wounds healed. This had a knock on effect for medical care for the public as it ...