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- 300 of them had a medical degree
- within 3-6 years of beginning his apprenticeship, a doctor was doing his own surgery, bloodletting, tooth pulling and dressing wounds.
- Some practicing privileges as medical school degree
- no sick days were allowed
- There was no shortage of theories in colonial times, like today we have many theories of treatment of cancer, viral infections, hypertension and alcoholism.
Basic Treatments:
- Stuff for a cold such as starve a fever.
- Bloodletting
- Blisters - made of Spanish fly beetles
- Cataplasms - poultice - for pain, swelling, discharge of pus
- Formentation - application of hot, moist substance and pain
Medications:
- Anodynes - lessening pain, not useful for removing symptoms - inflammation opium - either
- Anti-arthritis - Epson salt, bark
- Anti-dysentery - Ipecac, blackberry wine, opium, honey, licorice, camphor oil, alcohol, warm bath and vomits.
- Antipyretics - to prevent or reduce fever - Bark - because it contains Quine
- Emetics - vomiting - tarter water and honey
- Muscular spasm - opium, wine(quarts and gallons daily) , bark oil of amber.
- Purgatives or cathartics - laxatives, salts, - Glauber, rhubarb, castor oil, Epson salt.
- Diaphoretics - camphor oil, opium, rhubarb, sweet bath
- Diuretics - milk, dandelions, juniper berries, and lemon juice.
- Stimulants - pepper, cinnamon, cloves, dill, sage, ginger, horse radish, lavender, nutmeg, spearmint
The following are some wildflowers that are believed to have healing properties:
- Indian Paintbrush - sooth burning skin, ease the burning sting of a centipede, roots cooked - dried up menstrual flow.
- Jack in the pulpit - made a starchy flour. Rich kids were tricked by poor kids to trade for this plant. They suffered from inflammation and tenderness of the tongue and mouth for hours afterwards. This plant can be used a s a pepper substitute, good for bronchitis.
- Trillium - 1. Chewed by Indians who thought it cured snakebites. 2. Astringent for diarrhea 3. Uterine stimulant in childbirth. 4. Roots steeped in water was supposed to ease sore nipples in nursing mothers.
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