Extras
The most common infection that led to death in the revolutionary war
What is Smallpox?
A medical treatment that was vital in all surgical procedures but were not yet created at the time of the revolutionary war was called what
What is anesthesia?
A technique used to prevent patients from biting off their tongue in pain during an operation
What is wood or leather?
Name of the hospital/location procedures were performed in on the battle field.
What is a "flying" hospital?
Lack of knowledge and practicing what led to increases infection and death rates
If the musket ball could not be extracted from a limb during surgery to following procedure was performed
What is amputation?
Were there other forms of payment accepted by doctors other than money and if so what they
What is meats, brown sugar, butter, etc. (YES)
Common medical substitutes and quick remedies for wounds or infection
What is mercury compounds, lavender spirits, or cream of tartar?
The main theory by many doctors was that illness was caused by what
What is imbalance of the humors?
This included blood, yellow bile, black bile, and phlegm. In their perspective the best way to treat these illnesses was to prescribe bloodletting or medicine to induce vomiting or bowel movements to restore the balance.
Only 2 medical schools within the 13 colonies of the United States
What is Kings College in New York aka. Colombia and Teaching hospital of Philadelphia aka University of Pennsylvania?