treatment of diseases 18th to 19th century

Question 1

what did John hunter believe about dealing with deep wounds

Answer 1

believed that deep wounds should be left alone to let nature help heal

Question 2

what was the role of the lady of the manor

Answer 2

to be the healer of the house typically using old recipe books for the cures

Question 3

give an example of a lady of the manor

Answer 3

Lady Johanna St. John is perhaps typical of the local ‘lady of the manor’s’ role in healing. She lived at Lydiard House near Swindon and combined her role of running a large household with compiling a recipe book of cures.

Question 4

what do john hunter infect himself with to prove that you can’t get syphilis

Answer 4

STI’s and Gonorrhoea

Question 5

What was inoculation?

Answer 5

You are given a minor form of the disease to stop you getting a more severe version. Lady Mary Montagu gave her children mild smallpox.

Question 6

what was the use of opium and alcohol

Answer 6

to act as a pain killer

Question 7

what did edward jenner do

Answer 7

he found out about vaccinations by overhearing milk maids claiming that they could never get smallpox as they had already had cowpox . he knew it worked but still didn’t know how, tested this on a nine year old boy called james phipps