Victorian England Medical Practices

Health & Medicine in the 19th Century

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In the early Victorian era it was dominated by the gentlemen physicians of the Royal College (founded 1518), with surgeons and apothecaries occupying lower positions. …

Victorian Medicine - From Fluke to Theory

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The 1875 Public Health Act comprehensively encompassed housing, sewage and drainage, water supply and contagious diseases and provided Britain …

Health and hygiene in the 19th century | The …

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Victorian Britain Home Articles Collection items Teaching resources Health and hygiene in the 19th century In a time when diseases like smallpox, cholera …

Victorian Medicine | Livingstone Online

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Victorian Era Doctors, Medical Practitioners

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Victorian Era Doctors, Medical Practitioners. The methods of treatment and the medical accomplishments that were employed during the Victorian era were very different from …

The Gruesome, Bloody World of Victorian …

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Fitzharris: Before Lister, the operating rooms were filled to the rafters with hundreds of spectators who carry all this grime and dirt of everyday life in. This was …

Doctors and Medical Practitioners in Victorian England

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There were three categories of medical practitioners in Victorian England: physicians, surgeons and apothecaries. Physicians Physicians were the most respected …

10 Dubious Victorian Cures From the First …

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The manual was far from alone in recommending the practice; throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries, inhaling the fumes of tobacco and …

Medicine in the 19th Century - Strange …

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Influence of the Victorian Era. Medicine grew in size and regulation. The influence of the Victorian Era cannot be ignored. While the era is more famous for its influence in …

10 Gruesome And Shocking Facts About …

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However, during the Victorian era, the ancient practice of bloodletting hadn’t quite died out just yet. Victorian surgeons would use live leeches to suck the …