Medical Remedies In 1793

Medicine in Colonial North America

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Examples include an early 18th-century book of remedies kept by Benjamin Wadsworth, eighth president of Harvard College, in which he recommended grated chocolate to stop a bleeding wound; a mid-18th-century journal of medical conditions and treatments kept by …

When the Yellow Fever Outbreak of 1793 Sent the …

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"Medicine has Scarcely Entered its Threshold": Medicine …

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Prominent figures in the medical field including Dr. Benjamin Rush and Dr. John Jones, as well as revolutionaries including Benjamin Franklin, Abigail Adams, and …

What were treatments for yellow fever in 1793?

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In 1793, those who could afford to left the cities to avoid outbreaks. For the unfortunate victims of the disease, treatments included bed rest, efforts to purify the air, and …

Dr. Benjamin Rush: Medical Quackery in the Yellow …

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In his 1929History of the Medical Department of the United States Army, P. M. Ashburn commented on Rush’s influence on …

30 Strange Old-Timey Medical Treatments | Mental Floss

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In the 16th and 17th centuries, the use of human bodies in medical remedies became more popular than ever in Europe. They appeared in medicine for …

Health Remedies, Preventatives, and Cures in the 1700 …

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Health Remedies, Preventatives, and Cures in the 1700 and 1800s. By Geri Walton | February 20, 2014 | 0. Before the germ theory was even a thought, physicians relied on the Humoral theory. This theory …

17 Bizarre Natural Remedies From the 1700s | Mental Floss

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In the late 1740s, John Wesley—a British evangelist and the co-founder of Methodism—published Primitive Physick, or, An Easy and Natural Method of Curing Most Diseases. The tome gave regular people...

Weird and Wonderful Medicine in 17th and 18th Century …

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If you were lucky enough to escape a thorough bleeding, taking medicine often wasn’t much fun either. Commonly prescribed drugs included highly toxic compounds of mercury and arsenic, while naturally-occurring …

7 of the Most Outrageous Medical Treatments in History

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Some doctors introduced “galvanic baths,” or bathtubs filled with electrodes, which were supposed to restore sexual desire in just six sessions. Others took an even more localized approach, where...