Saturday, February 11, 2012

Marsico, Katie The Doctors


Marsico, Katie    The Doctors 
 Marshall Cavendish/Benchmark  2012  48p   29.93 978-1-60870-412-5  
ms/hs E-BN        

 In the new world the few doctors that arrived with the colonist had a really hard life and very few medicines to heal the sick and the dying. This new land was so new that the doctor had very little knowledge of the herbs that might be found to help their patients.    
     In the 17th century medicine was still in the experimentation age. The colonist who came to the new world were met with incredible challenges. They had to deal with new deceases and illnesses.
The doctors who had an education took on assistants and tried to teach them as much as they could and very often these assistants were sent out to take care of other colonist in another parts of the country.
     Many of the practices were quite barbaric and sometimes worked and sometimes the patient died. Many practice attaching leeches to injuries.  Surgery was in it’s infancy and also quite barbaric in it’s practices. Hygiene was lacking and may have been the cause of many death. Sometimes apothecaries were like doctors. Their specialty was  working with herbs, plants and chemicals but on occasion they were more like doctors not only prescribing but also administering to the sick.      Colonial People (MC)    Titles in series: The Farmer, The Blacksmith, The Miller, The Tailor    Physicians - United States - History - 17th century     Magna Diaz

 

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