Victorian Era Medical Instruments

Health & Medicine in the 19th Century - Victoria …

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In 1895, at the end of the era, came Wilhelm Roentgen's discovery of X-rays, and in due course the photo of Roentgen's wife's hand became a potent sign of medical advance through scientific instruments. But overall the 19th century is notable more for systematic monitoring of disease aetiology than for curative treatment. A growing medical industry

Victorian Medicine | Livingstone Online

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The Gruesome, Bloody World of Victorian …

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Sarah Zhang: A while ago, I was anxious about a medical thing, and my boyfriend tried to calm me …

20 Scary Old School Surgical Tools - Surgical Technology

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7 Scary Surgical Instruments | Britannica

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The Gorget. The gorget was an instrument historically used for the removal of stones from the bladder. It was concave …

Victorian-Era Orgasms and the Crisis of Peer Review - The Atlantic

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Victorian-Era Orgasms and the Crisis of Peer Review. ... “When the vibrator emerged as an electromechanical medical instrument at the end of the 19th century, it …

16 Medical Procedures and Devices from …

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Medical devices from the early part of the 1900s looked like torture devices dreamed up by the devil himself. They were so bizarre looking in some cases, that medieval torture …

10 Gruesome And Shocking Facts About …

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Surgery in the Victorian era was lethal, but not due to the fast-handed surgeons. Instead, it was the high probability of infection after the patient left the operating …

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 …

8 Terrifying Instruments Old-Time Doctors Used on Your …

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7 Lawson's Vaginal Washer . In the pre-douche era, a time of great Victorian craftsmanship and artistry, one man sought out to take on the problem of …