Medical Instruments 1700s

History of medicine - Medicine in the 18th century …

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One highly significant medical advance, late in the century, was vaccination. Smallpox, disfiguring and often fatal, was widely prevalent. Inoculation, which had been practiced in the East, was popularized in England in 1721–22 by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, who is best known for her letters. She observed the practice in Turkey, where it produced a mild form of the disease, thus securing immunity although not without danger.

Medicine in Colonial North America

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Ebenezer Roby, a physician who worked west of Boston in the mid-1700s, accepted salt pork, rye, and labor in exchange for medical care. [vi] Similarly, a physician in Kittery, …

"Medicine has Scarcely Entered its Threshold": Medicine …

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Ebenezer Roy, who practiced west of Boston in the mid-1700s, accepted “salt pork, rye, and labor in exchange for medical care”. Daniel Pierce, a physician in Kittery, …

20 Scary Old School Surgical Tools - Surgical Technology

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Medical Instrument and Pharmacy Collection, 1700s-1900s

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Collection of medical instruments and pharmacy items, and other medical artifacts, primarily dating from the mid-1800s to mid-1900s. Highlights include a Civil War-era …

11 of the Most Ghastly Medical Instruments in History

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In the 1800's an artificial leech was created for use in eye and ear surgery. Artificial leeches varied in design, but all had two critical elements: rotating knives or …

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

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Weird and Wonderful Medicine in 17th and 18th Century England. However little you know about the history of medicine, you’re probably aware that doctors used to prescribe some pretty strange courses of treatment. For …

Terrifying Vintage Surgical Tools - Cult of Weird

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Artificial Leech (1800s) Bloodletting with leeches was such a popular treatment for a range of medical conditions that an artificial leech was invented in 1840 and was used frequently in eye and ear surgery. The …

7 of the most gruesome medical devices in history - STAT

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Here are seven of the more cringe-inducing instruments from medicine’s past. 1. Artificial leeches When in the 1800s live leeches were unavailable, or perhaps too …

1700s - Evolution of Medicine in Europe

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1700s - Evolution of Medicine in Europe EIGHTEENTH CENTURY hospital in London The Enlightenment and the Scientific Revolution undoubtedly ignited an interest in medicine and the experimental method.