In the 18th and 19th centuries, people often distrusted doctors due to a lack of scientific understanding and the prevalence of ineffective or harmful treatments, such as bloodletting and purging. Many physicians lacked formal training, leading to concerns about their qualifications and expertise. Additionally, the rise of alternative medicine and folk healers offered competing perspectives on health, making individuals skeptical of conventional medical practices. Social class dynamics also played a role, as many viewed doctors as part of an elite group detached from the realities of everyday life.
Doctors needed no legal do to prove they were doctors
Anyone could say they were a doctor, even if they had no training. (APEX)
Anyone could say they were a doctor, even if they had no training. (APEX)
In the 17th and 18th Centuries it was believed that diseases were caused bad air known as miasma. It was thought to contain poisonous decomposed matter.
People of the 18th and 19th centuries were more scientifically minded, while the Romantics were more emotionally focused. apex
17th -18th centuries
The 17th to the 18th centuries.
Triangular trade in the 17th and 18th centuries succeeded in introducing new cultures into the Americas.
Bilious fever is an old term no longer commonly used. It was used in the 18th and early 19th centuries by doctors to describe symptoms that included fever with nausea and vomiting.
A Native American tribe that was part of the plains culture during the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries.
Bilious fever is an old term no longer commonly used. It was used in the 18th and early 19th centuries by doctors to describe symptoms that included fever with nausea and vomiting.
easier to identify and less likely to get stolen