The Folger collection has a number of receipt recipe books filled with handwritten instructions for treatment and prevention. These recipes for remedies would often appear on the same page as recipes for food and drink. Here are a few examples, from the receipt book of Sarah Longe :. Interested in learning how to transcribe early modern manuscripts? Click here to cancel reply. Early Modern Life Shakespeare Unlimited. Hyacum, et lues venerea.
Stradanus inuent. Amputations were performed by surgeons - the stump was cauterised with pitch. Poor living conditions and poor diet led to many illnesses suffered by both the wealthy and the poor.
Anaemia was common as was rheumatism, arthritis, tuberculosis and dysentery known as the flux. Child bearing and possible childbed fever was dangerous - many Elizabethan woman made arrangement for the care of their children in case they themselves died during childbirth. The white make-up applied by the Upper Class women was lead based and therefore poisonous - Elizabethan women who applied this make-up were often ill and if it was used in sufficient quantities it would result in death.
The Upper classes also suffered from gout. Influenza was common, referred to as the 'sweating sickness'. Sexually Transmitted diseases, such as Syphilis, were also prevalent. Elizabethan Medicine. Elizabethan medicines were basic, to say the least. Letting blood was conducted by cupping or leeches.
The Medicine used to treat various illnesses were as follows:. Elizabethan Life - Elizabethan Medicine and Illnesses Elizabethan Medicine was extremely basic in an era when terrible illnesses such as the Bubonic Plague Black Death were killing nearly one third of the population.
Elizabethan Life Elizabethan Era Index. Elizabethan Medicine and Illnesses. Physicians, Surgeons, barbers, apothecaries. Picture of an Elizabethan Doctor. Elizabethan Life. Faith healing, if it worked, also brought more people to become religious and believe that God saved them or their family.
I see death everyday, I see the young and the old move on to a better world. There was one girl who was so afraid of death, she was so young, I told her to close her eyes and rest, I sat next to.
The inoculation process was harmless and had satisfied the safety of the patients with the experiment. This inoculation method showed a huge result of survival rate in the New England colonies. This life saving scheme raised the population growth in those years of the Colonial.
The physician assistant occupation truly began in when a considerable shortage of physicians brought forth a breakthrough. At this time there were also many corpsmen returning from the Vietnam War with adequate skills to access surgical conditions but without the formal education.
A man by the name of Dr. Eugene Stead then created a program at Duke University to give these people formal training and education. By the time they finished their two-year fast-tracked program these individuals would be equipped to provide medical care to underserved populations and rural communities under the direction of a physician. Medical knowledge during the war was very scarce, most doctors or surgeons would get their first hands-on experience on the battlefield.
Many doctors during this era were limited in resources on learning their trade, due to a lack in medical education. There were only a few medical schools during this time and those who went to one received the minimal experience possible.
Hospitals during the Civil War consisted of unsterilized tents,. During the Renaissance there was not any running water, so people would have to throw their waste in the streets. Even a minor scrap could kill you in the next minute. When people got sick they needed medicine, physicians, and health care. For bubonic plague, it is treated by means of lancing the buboes and applying a tepid poultice of onion, butter, and garlic. Moreover; tobacco, lily root, arsenic, and dried toad were as well used.
For people suffering from stomach pain, it was treated by mint, wormwood and balm while rose, sage, bay and lavender were used for headaches. Vinegar was famous for treating wounds because of the belief that it has an antiseptic property. The weakness of Elizabethan England medicine paved the way for the citizenry to have a shorter life than the usual. For the adult male, the lifespan is only up to 47 years old. The life expectancy is 35 years old for the rich and 25 years for the lower statuesque.
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