This is great!! Well done Stephenson House. I love the historical content you've been putting out lately...very accurate, informative and historically correct. Keep it up!
Thank you. This was an interesting topic to research. Eric (who was our intern at the time) put this one together. He discovered some great info and did a wonderful job editing this video. So many changes from old medicines to new. Thanks so much for watching!!
Wow 😯 the medical treatment looked like torture. Sweating, purging and scalding glass cups on the skin seem completely useless now. Why was American medicine so basic? We’re there other civilizations like the Chinese that had better remedies if not scientific approaches? I like these videos. They make me curious and ask new questions. Thank you.
Medicine hadn't changed much since Medieval times in Europe or later the Americans. We always say, you had a better chance of surviving an illness over what doctors would do to cure you. Some treatments were very effective such as yellow bark for the summer fevers but others, such a mercury, were not. Midwives tended to take a more natural approach to healing as opposed to medical doctors at the time. We don't start seeing major advances in medicine until the Civil War and after. An excellent book to read (if your interested) is "A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812". It's an outstanding firsthand account of a American midwife. I read it years ago but still keep it on hand for reference. It's available on Amazon (www.amazon.com/Midwifes-Tale-Martha-Ballard-1785-1812/dp/0679733760). I'm not sure what types of medicine the Chinese had but it's interesting to note the during Roman times medical treatments were somewhat more advanced then they would be during our time period...go figure. It's hard to imagine why that changed. Thank you so much for watching!
This is great!! Well done Stephenson House. I love the historical content you've been putting out lately...very accurate, informative and historically correct. Keep it up!
Glad you like them!
Great video with tons of historical info about medicine!!! Love this! Can’t wait to see more great videos!
Thank you! It was a lot of fun to do. We have such awesome volunteers!!
I’m in medicine so I find this very interesting
Love these informative pieces!
Thank you!! And thanks for watching!
Well done!keep them coming, love this!😉
Thank you! We've got more in the works. Thank you for watching and letting us know you enjoyed it.
Beautifully done.
Thank you very much!
Perfect video during the covid situation well done keep it with the old heath potions
Thank you. This was an interesting topic to research. Eric (who was our intern at the time) put this one together. He discovered some great info and did a wonderful job editing this video. So many changes from old medicines to new. Thanks so much for watching!!
We had such cups at home in 80s and did cupping with them.
They used to call it Yellow Fever, or "Yellow John".
Is he feeling better?!
Wow 😯 the medical treatment looked like torture. Sweating, purging and scalding glass cups on the skin seem completely useless now. Why was American medicine so basic? We’re there other civilizations like the Chinese that had better remedies if not scientific approaches? I like these videos. They make me curious and ask new questions. Thank you.
Medicine hadn't changed much since Medieval times in Europe or later the Americans. We always say, you had a better chance of surviving an illness over what doctors would do to cure you. Some treatments were very effective such as yellow bark for the summer fevers but others, such a mercury, were not. Midwives tended to take a more natural approach to healing as opposed to medical doctors at the time. We don't start seeing major advances in medicine until the Civil War and after. An excellent book to read (if your interested) is "A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812". It's an outstanding firsthand account of a American midwife. I read it years ago but still keep it on hand for reference. It's available on Amazon (www.amazon.com/Midwifes-Tale-Martha-Ballard-1785-1812/dp/0679733760). I'm not sure what types of medicine the Chinese had but it's interesting to note the during Roman times medical treatments were somewhat more advanced then they would be during our time period...go figure. It's hard to imagine why that changed. Thank you so much for watching!
I would assume that Dr. Rush's Thunder Bolts were used at this time as well?
There a very good chance they were.