Early 20th Century Medical Terms

History of medicine - Medicine in the 20th century

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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 of the effect of health care on …

Glossary of Old Medical Terms - Thornber

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A Glossary of Medical Terms used in the 18th and 19th centuries, annotated with comments from Dr. Johnson's Dictionary ... Robert Hooper's Physician's Vade-Mecum, published in …

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, …

Old Diseases and Obsolete Medical Terms: Definitions

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Radium: a medical treatment in the early 20th century

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From the Frank Hartman papers, MSS 2/340. Early in the 20th century there was a medical practice that revolved around a new treatment involving the radioactive material …

Medical Education | Encyclopedia.com

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In the early nineteenth century, the "proprietary" medical school became the dominant vehicle of medical instruction in America. In 1800, only four medical …

The Clinical History of 'Moron,' 'Idiot,' and …

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Morons. —Those whose mental development is above that of an imbecile, but does not exceed that of a normal child of about twelve years. Of these three words moron is the …

The controversy of 'female hysteria' - Medical News Today

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Throughout the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, there was perhaps even more talk of female hysteria and its potential causes. ... the 1880s and …

Historical perspectives on the theories, diagnosis, and …

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Attitudes and views toward psychopathology in the medical and larger social community have undergone drastic transformation throughout history, at times progressing through a …

Medical Vibrators for Treatment of Female Hysteria

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Physicians throughout the world used the term hysteria as a medical diagnosis for women who exhibited a variety of symptoms and behaviors. ... In the 1920s, stag films, which …