17&18th century

• Who were the primary medical practitioners in the 17th and 18th centuries?


  Kings/royal, barber-surgeons, apothecaries, wise women, and quacks
• What was the economic factor influencing medical treatment for ordinary people in the 17th and 18th centuries?


  They depended on what they could afford
• What was the role of barber-surgeons in the 17th and 18th centuries?


  They performed bloodletting
• What was the role of apothecaries during the 17th and 18th centuries?


  They sold medicine
• What was the role of wise women in the 17th and 18th centuries?


  They provided supervision and care
• What is a quack in the context of 17th and 18th-century medicine?


  A scam doctor
• Who was Thomas Sydenham?


  A medical practitioner from 1624-1698
• What did Thomas Sydenham recognize in his medical practice?


  He recognized symptoms of epidemic diseases
• What disease did Thomas Sydenham specifically mention in his work?


  Scarlet fever
• What treatment did Thomas Sydenham suggest for anaemia?


  Iron
• What was Thomas Sydenham's view on quack medicine?


  He was critical of it
• What did Thomas Sydenham believe about the treatment of diseases?


  He believed we should let nature take its course
• What was the title of Thomas Sydenham's work published in 1676?


  Medical Observation
• What medicinal resource did Thomas Sydenham mention that helped treat malaria?


  Bark from Cinchona trees
• What was the use of opium from Turkey according to Thomas Sydenham?


  It was used as an anesthetic
• What was the purpose of tobacco from North America in the 17th and 18th centuries?


  It was believed to cure toothache and plague