Medical Instruments Used 1700s

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 …

History of medicine - Medicine in the 18th century | Britannica

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In 18th-century London, Scottish doctors were the leaders in surgery and obstetrics. The noted teacher John Hunter conducted extensive researches in comparative anatomy and physiology, founded surgical pathology, and …

20 Scary Old School Surgical Tools - Surgical Technology

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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 …

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 …

Surgery in the 1700s | Encyclopedia.com

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Renal surgery (surgery of the kidneys) progressed in the 1700s, thanks to British surgeon Charles Bernard—who was removing kidney stones as early as 1700—and the French …

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 …

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

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And a volume first published in 1618, the Pharmacopoeia Londinensis, offers a fascinating and detailed insight into what used to be considered ‘medicinal’ in seventeenth-century England. It’s a comprehensive list of …

1700s medical instruments Stock Photos and Images

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RM BM0WFG – Surgical instruments of 1700's RM PRAAW2 – Instruments include a mechanism to compress the arteries after amputations to the thigh, a truss, a needle used for aneurisms, and …

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 …