18TH AND 19TH CENTURY MEDICINES AND QUACKERY (BOOKLET 2 AND 3) Flashcards
whos work on anatomy did Vesalius challenge
galens
where did lady johana st john live
Lydiard House near swindon
where did Lady johana saint h]john get her remedies from
her london friends
what type of medicine did lady johana st john do
herbal remedies, compiled a recipe book of them and grew them in her garden
what did Nicholas Culpeper publish and when
Complete herbal
1653
what did nicholas culpepper do
was an apprentice to a london apothecary
treated people for free
prefered to examine and talk to patients rather than examine urine
classified herbs and plants by their uses
what new ingredients were starting to be used
rhubarb, chinchona, opium, tobacco
what was tobacco used in
many herbal remedies
what was opium used for
residue from the poppy plant- can be used to reduce feeling of pain from injury
what was chinchona used for
a drug used to teat malaria
what could William Chesledon of St Thomas hospital in London do in the 1720’s
remove a bladder stone in less than a minute
what did quacks do
sell medicine knowing it didnt really work
who invented daffy’s elixir and when
a leicestershire clergyman in 1647
what illness was daffys elixir supposed to cure
convulsion fits, consumption, agues, piles, fits, childrens distempers, worms, gout, rheumatism, kidney stones, colic and gripping of the bowels
ingredients in daffys elixir
brandy, aniseed, raisins, chochineal, fennel seed, jalap, parsley seed, rhubarb, saffron, senna and spanish liquorice
