Education
Even if not labeled as a doctor but had some medical knowledge were civilians allowed to tend to the ill and injured
Yes
The most common infection that led to death in the revolutionary war
Small Pox
If the musket ball could not be extracted from a limb during surgery to following procedure was performed
an amputation
Why was it hard to get treatment at hospitals
too crowded, not enough supply, or too far away
Most basic painkillers
Opioids
Why did people lack knowledge and teaching, specialized medicine, training, and resources to be become doctors
Because they were very limited
Other diseases and infections common at the time of the revolutionary war
diphtheria, dysentery, malaria, measles, and scurvy
A technique used to prevent patients from biting off their tongue in pain during an operation
Having them bite of a piece of wood or leather
Name of the type of hospital procedures were performed in on the battle field
"flying" hospitals
Lancets, leeches, or inoculation were used to
remove excess blood
What was the main way in which people got there medical degree
Apprenticeships
Lack of knowledge and practicing what led to increased infection and death rates
sanitation
Procedures used to help patients
frostbite, infections, burns, and cuts, the administration of vaccines and pain killers, home remedies
Other forms of payments accepted by doctors that were not money
meats, brown sugar, butter, etc
Common medical substitutes and quick remedies
mercury compounds, lavender spirits, and cream of tartar, rosemary, wormwood, sage, foxglove, mint, etc.
What was a opportunity and learning experience doctors in training did not get before being labeled as doctors.
physical patient practice interaction
The main theory by many doctors was that illness was caused by
an imbalance of the humors
Why was surgery more dangerous then rather than now
Increased ricks of infection, blood clots, bleeding out, etc.
Name at least one task or job doctors had within their profession
stocking pharmaceutical and medical supplies, to recording and treating the ailments, to determining the fees each patient had to pay for their care
Most common illnesses that needed treatment
headaches, swelling, and stomach pains
The 2 medical schools within the 13 colonies of the United States
King’s College in New York now Colombia
Philadelphia College of Medicine now UPenn
How many deaths were caused by disease at the time of the revolutionary war
approximately 17,000
A medical treatment that was vital in all surgical procedures but was not yet created at the time of the revolutionary war
anesthesia
How many practicing doctors were there in the 13 colonies at the time of the revolutionary war
Approximately 3500
What were the four imbalances of humors that needed treatment
blood, yellow bile, black bile, and phlegm