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Medical practices of the 18 th century

Medical practices of the 18 th century. By Rachel Engels and Grace Connolly. Faith healers. Believed in Evil spirits More common in the Countryside. Apothecaries. Found in large towns and cities Medicinal supplies Commercial culture. Physicians. Men Training Treated the wealthy

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Medical practices of the 18 th century

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  1. Medical practices of the 18th century By Rachel Engels and Grace Connolly

  2. Faith healers • Believed in Evil spirits • More common in the Countryside

  3. Apothecaries • Found in large towns and cities • Medicinal supplies • Commercial culture

  4. Physicians • Men • Training • Treated the wealthy • Methods

  5. Smallpox • Lady Mary Wortley Montagu • Inoculation-Ottoman Empire • Dangerous • Greatest medical triumph

  6. Cowpox • Edward Jenner • Experimental method • Disappearance of Smallpox

  7. anthrax • Bacteria • Robert Koch

  8. Rabies • Louis Passteur

  9. Surgeons • The study of Anatomy • Cauterization • Difficulties • Painkillers • Unsanitary conditions • Antiseptic methods • Dwale

  10. Midwives • Labor and Delivery • Treated female problems • Setting • Invention of forceps • Madame du Coudray-Manual on the Art of Childbirth

  11. Amusing practices • Children’s soothing syrups • Cough syrup

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