Follow up question: was there much in the way of long-term "hospital" type care in per-enlightenment Europe, for any sort of condition? If so, what kinds of things would they be treating? Were there cases of people being under that sort of care for months or even years?

Follow up question: are there any records of people becoming catatonic and needing care?

You might find some more good information in this thread:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/2plh4q/when_people_fell_into_a_coma_during_medieval/

edit: the user who originally posted the great answer in the precious ask historians thread has deleted their account and so, unfortunately, I cannot credit them

Edit 2: removed yahoo answer

Follow up question: If a person were to be mistaken for dead in a coma but awaken before burial how would they be viewed? As a person back from the dead or a person wrongly believed dead?