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
what did daffys elixir actyually cure
nothing- perhaps constipation
would have made suitable laxative
what were the two main ingredients in quack medicine
alcohol and opium- would have numbed pain slightly
what quack was given a royal patent by George2 in 1744
turlintons balsam of life
who was so relived after survivng an operation to remove a bladder stone that they held a celebration on that day for the rest of their life
Samuel Pepys
by 1856 how many people were on the medical directory, and how many had a medical degree from an english uni
10,220
4%
you could only practise with a licence, and had to be examined by the new royal colledge of surgeons if working within how many miles of london
7 miles
by what year did rules say that to be a surgeon you had to have at least one course in anatomy and one in surgery
1811
in 1813 it was passed that you had to have a minimum of how many years experience in hospital to become a surgeon
1
when did use of coca leaves (cocaine) massively increase
1891 when it was chemically made
19th century
how was cocaine used in the 19th century
dropped into eyes as a local anesthetic
who invented nitrous oxide (laughing gas)
sir humphrey davies
