Victorian Medical Operations

How agonising surgery paved the way for anaesthetics - BBC

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His operations at University College Hospital in central London in the early 1840s were notorious for their speed, intensity and success. The chance of dying from a Liston amputation was around...

Victorian Medicine History: Breakthroughs, Pioneers

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Internal operations. Prior to the 19th century, surgery had largely been performed outside the body – the only real operative …

Health & Medicine in the 19th Century - Victoria and Albert Museum

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Early Victorian ideas of human physiology involved a clear understanding of anatomy (at least among experts; but the populace often had hazy knowledge of the location and role of internal organs) allied to a concept …

10 Gruesome And Shocking Facts About Victorian Surgery

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The Gruesome, Bloody World of Victorian Surgery

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Screams, torture and so much blood: The gruesome world of 19th …

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A painting of the renowned surgeon Robert Liston operating in London, circa early 1800s. (Courtesy of Wellcome Library) Article In these troubling times — …

Nineteenth-Century British Medicine and Medical Care - Victorian …

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Important Individuals in Victorian Medicine Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836-1917) Francis Galton Joseph Hodgson Joseph Lister (the elder), who perfected the …

Medicine and Public Health during the Victorian Era

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Medicine and Public Health during the Victorian era (1837 – 1901) were paradoxically both progressive and conservative. Despite the developing studies during the first of half of the …

7 of the Most Outrageous Medical Treatments in History

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A “pelvic massage” that would induce “hysterical paroxysm” —commonly known as an orgasm. This job lay with Victorian doctors who manually massaged women. In an effort to spare the doctors this...

Victorian Era Diseases, Illnesses

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The medical profession established examining and disciplinary bodies providing recognised qualifications. Medical knowledge significantly improved. The death rate from post-operative shock and ‘hospital …