Medicine in Colonial Days

Advancement of colonial medicine in the process of human success has brought great convenience to people today. Science heals and prevents many diseases and cures some of the most badly damaging diseases. As the world modernizes by industrialization, it is also a medical approach. Some treatments are accidental, and some are achieved by powerful scientific instruments. Medicine has improved greatly in the Greek era. The theory of the four elements is used to explain the pathological phenomena occurring in our bodies.

Colonial pharmacists are like today's pharmacists. They make medicines from various minerals, plants and herbs and sell them at stores. Sometimes they work as doctors, prescribing medicine for patients, even even minor surgeries. Like some pharmacies today, pharmacists often sell products other than medicines such as tobacco and cooking spices. Chandler is a businessman specializing in candle making. Candles are an important item in the colonies of the United States because they do not have lights. Candles are usually made from beef tallow, but can also be made from bayberry or martian wax. To make a candle, the candle maker repeatedly soaks the core in a heated butter or wax until the candle reaches the desired size. Early settlers made candles by themselves

Not only is it easy to drink distilled spirits, Americans in colonial times think that they are all drug treatments. It is common to start the day with a hard cider, drink beer after work, and close off the day with a nightcap. Many founder 's fathers even have their own personal breweries. Rum is an undisputable favorite and it is estimated that when the American Revolutionary War occurs, each person consumes an average of seven gallons per year. To my surprise, the colony acted together to actually resist

To practice medicine today, doctors need years of intensive research and training. However, America in the colonial era is not so. After studying with other doctors for several years, people can call themselves doctors and begin practicing. Medicine at that time was based on theory, not actual scientific knowledge. Many doctors believe that illness is caused by imbalances in blood, yellow bile, black bile and sputum. Because of this belief, doctors often drive blood or medication to induce vomiting or bowel movements to restore balance.

Medieval medical practice is rooted in Greek tradition. The body described by Hippocrates, known as "father of medicine", consists of four bodily fluids - yellow bile, sputum, black bile and blood - controlled by four elements - fire, water, earth, and air - It will be. Through continuous medicine bleeding, cupping and sucking in medical practice, the body is excessively removed. 65 BC, Greek Dioscorides wrote a compendium of his Materia Medica (13.152.6). This is a practical text covering the use of more than 600 botanical medicines. In the 2nd century, Galen integrated many things belonging to Hippocrates. To further understand the function of the body, he could even carry out the anatomical structure of animals and humans, and could prove that the arteries carry blood instead of air. Guerrick's theory is long-lived, and it did not spread in Western Europe until the 16th century.