Sunday, June 30, 2019

SREF History of Medicine Museum

     There were many fascinating displays at the history of medicine museum. It was I teresting seeing the progression of tools that doctors used such as the stethoscope. In the beginning doctors used a very primitive method for listening to their patients breathing that looks nothing like what the doctors use now. 
Another aspect that the museum brought to my attention was that anesthesia wasn't invented until the mid 19th century. It's crazy to imagine that doctors performed their surgeries on patients without it. 
     Something else the museum showed was early dentistry which was interesting because instead of the materials we have today, dentists would mend teeth with real silver and gold. Before that was even a method used, many people would just be stuck with missing tooth because there was no known way to fix it. 
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2 comments:

  1. Maxwell HueninkJune 30, 2019 at 8:51 AM

    I find it super interesting that doctors a tube instead of the stethoscope we know today, to listen to heartbeats. It's crazy how much they knew about the human body without the technology to do what we can do today. Imagining getting surgery without anesthesia sounds like a nightmare!

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  2. WesJune 30, 2019 at 9:20 AM

    I agree that I can't and don't want to imagine what surgery before numbing and anesthesia was like! I do remember seeing some old sets of braces that were so much older than I ever would have imagined! They looked terribly painful but it was very fascinating to see.

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