Flashcards in Part 2 - 17th + 18th century medicine Deck (5)
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Treatments for CII in 1685 when he became ill?
58 drugs, purged, bled, blistered and cauterised
2
Treatments for ordinary people?
Depended on what they could afford
Barber-surgeons, apothecaries, wise women, quacks
Bloodletting, herbal remedies
3
3 beliefs about causes of Great Plague 1665?
Punishment from God, movements of planets and bad air or miasma
4
3 treatments for plague?
Bled with leeches, strong smells, medieval remedies to draw out poison
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