Early 20th Century Medical Practices

History of medicine - Medicine in the 20th century

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Medicine in the 20th century. The 20th century produced such a plethora of discoveries and advances that in some ways the face of medicine changed out of all recognition. In 1901 in the United Kingdom, for instance, the life expectancy at birth, a primary indicator …

History of medicine | History & Facts

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history of medicine, the development of the prevention and treatment of disease from prehistoric and ancient times to the 21st century. Unwritten history is not easy to interpret, …

The 1900s Medicine and Health: Overview

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Medical equipment also made great advances during the nineteenth century, as doctors were introduced to such new tools as the stethoscope, laryngoscope (a device used to …

9 Terrifying Medical Treatments from 1900 and Their …

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Medicine and Health from the Mid-19th to …

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Medicine and Health from the Mid-19th to early 20th century. Traditional medical practices during most of the 19th century relied on symptomatic treatment, consisting primarily of …

8 Old Medical Practices That Did More Harm Than Good

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In the early 20th Century, there was a popular energy drink called RadiThor that contained radium. For as long as human beings have been around, they have been …

10 Odd Medical Practices Of The 20th …

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10 Odd Medical Practices Of The 20th Century 10 Lobotomies. Probably the most well-known strange medical practice of the past 100 years is the …

7 of the Most Outrageous Medical …

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Early versions of Freeman’s “cure” involved drilling holes in the top of his patients’ skulls, and later evolved into hammering an ice pick-like instrument …

10 Craziest Medical Treatments of the 20th …

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10 Craziest Medical Treatments of the 20th Century Iron Lung. Reminiscent of something birthed in Dr. Frankenstein’s laboratory, the iron lung was a wall forged …

7 Unusual Ancient Medical Techniques

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From the Renaissance until the early 20th century, Mercury was also used as a popular medicine for sexually transmitted diseases like syphilis. While some …