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herbalist
used remidies from family book
toothache treatment
sheep suet candle, hold under teeth to make 'worms' escape
physician
checked zodiac sign for treatment, used urine chart
barber surgeon
A surgeon who did basic operations such as remove tumours, stitching wounds and repairing bones and cut hair
treatments
cauterisation (closing wounds by burning), trepanning (drilling hole into head to release spirits)
herbalist
used remidies from family book
toothache treatment
sheep suet candle, hold under teeth to make 'worms' escape
physician
checked zodiac sign for treatment, used urine chart
barber surgeon
A surgeon who did basic operations such as remove tumours, stitching wounds and repairing bones and cut hair
treatments
cauterisation (closing wounds by burning), trepanning (drilling hole into head to release spirits)
james simpson
introduced chloroform anesthesia in 1847 (used by queen vic)
Joseph Lister
Began using disinfectants and antiseptics during surgery (carbolic acid)
ignaz semmelweis
pioneer of antiseptics, introduced hand washing
aseptic surgery
charles chamberland invented steam sterilised in 1881, gustav neuber invented 'scrubbing in'
surgical clothing
william halstead made team wear gloves (nurse allergic to carbolic acid)
marie curie
invented mobile x-ray
alexander flemming
discovered penicillin
Howard Florey and Ernst Chain
purified penicillin, the first commercial antibiotic to save human lives
dr christian bernard
Performed the first heart transplant
modern cancer treatment
radiation therapy, chemo more widespread after ww2, surgery
alternative treaments
hydrotherapy, aromatherapy, hypnotherapy
Thalidomide Tragedy
Drug being proscribes to preggo women and gave babies defored limbs
Banded experiments on humans until the end of the aminal drug safety test have been completed
ladies of the manor
compiled recipie books of cures
Doctrine of Signatures
if a plant looks like a body part then use to treat it
rhubarb and tobacco
rhubarb seen as wonder drug, tobacco used to stop plague
example of doctrine of signatures
walnuts for brain
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