First, click on the "[?]" button to find out which verb to use. Fill in the blanks, using the "used to" form of the verbs. When you are finished, click on "check" to see if your answers are correct. Click on the underlined words for a definition.
Women played an important part in the history of medicine. In Egypt, women [?] and practice medicine. In the Middle Ages in Europe, midwives [?] in charge of delivering babies. Women also [?] very knowledgeable about herbal medicines. However, in the fifteenth century, the Church [?] women who practiced medicine. They called these women witches and many were burned because of their medical knowledge. People [?] that women with too much knowledge were dangerous. From this point in time, men started to take over the profession of medicine. Until about 1900, men [?] women from being doctors. Today, on the other hand, women make up more than fifty percent of the students in most medical schools.Written by Caitlin Myles
