By Kyle Thurow Max Goebl Medical Practice Pg. 609-614 By Kyle Thurow Max Goebl

1700’s Breakthroughs not until 19th century Enlightenment influence Great increase in experimentation Medical practitioners increased Faith healers, apothecaries, physicians, surgeons, and midwives Women excluded Beginning of 17th century practices followed traditional middle age medicine

18th Century improvements Faith healers in the countryside Exorcise evil spirits Apothecaries in towns Sold vast number of drugs and herbs Physicians Wealth men Practiced new methods but also blood letting Available to only the upper class “bad blood” still accepted

Hospitals and Surgery Midwifery Used to be butchers and barbers Enlightenment led to true surgeons War is where most training occurred Amputation and cauterization Surgery very difficult No anesthetics Died from shock and unsanitary conditions Midwifery Delivered majority of babies Handled women’s health

Midwifery (cont.) Smallpox Men general did not help with childbirth Madame du Coudray “Manual on the art of childbirth” Smallpox Surpassed the bubonic plague (60 million in 18th century) Lady Mary Wortley Montagu Learned of inoculation in the middle east 1 in 50 died Edward Jenner (1749-1823) Published findings of vaccination through cowpox in 1798