Hospitals of the 18th Century
What was a common method of infection control in 18th-century hospitals?
None; infection control was poorly understood
Which group primarily worked as nurses in 18th-century hospitals?
Religious staff such as nuns
What were 18th-century hospitals primarily used for?
Providing care for the poor and homeless
What role did barber-surgeons play in 18th-century hospitals?
They performed surgical procedures
How were most 18th-century hospitals funded?
Charitable donations
What was a significant risk for patients in 18th-century hospitals?
Infection due to lack of cleanliness
Which of these medical practices was common in the 18th century?
Bloodletting
What was the role of hospitals in medical education during the 18th century?
They allowed medical students to observe patients
What was the general perception of hospitals by the wealthy in the 18th century?
A facility primarily for the poor
What was a major limitation in 18th-century surgery?
Lack of anesthesia
What did King henry VIII do that helped hospitals
Funded them by dissolution of the monastries and giving the money to start hospitals
How did hospitals help doctors
They recived a post and was able to build a good reputation with rich clients
What were treatments based on
The four humors bleeding and purging
what did hospitals create for the poor
dispenseries that would give medicine to the poor for free
Types of hospitals
Generals hospitals
Mentally ill
Sexually transmitted (venereal)
Maternity
Foundling hospitals (for sickly or poor children)
Hospital Boom
(1720-1750) 5 new general hospitals in london and 9 more throughout the country
by 1800 20,000 paitients were handled per year
what did the hospital boom affect on christians
they started focousing in good deeds to the comunity instead of going to church
How was the attitude of disease changed
stopped being seen as a punishment of sin but seeing a more scientific point and curing illness