Basically those who were called witches were people who knew the ancient arts involving the study of nature. (It had nothing to do with satanism, although the christians made it look that way.) So in turn, medicine and alchemy came natural to them. These would be the folks who would try to remedy diseases to the best of their knowledge with various medicines which they learned to concoct. Unfortunately, if their cures didn't work - they'd be blamed for causing the illness in the first place (Which usually couldn't be further from the truth. Still, there were probably some unsavory types who used their knowledge to actually make poisons. $$$ talked even back then.)

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