HIST 3303 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Wicket-Keeper, Medical Degree
18 Aug 2016
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9. 10. 15 hist lect- mod 2 healers & patients. Most we apprenticeship trained and some hadd degrees: 1. Most common of formal med edu in early colonial america. Reading with the dr: medical texts, theoretical texts. Riding with the dr: accompany the dr with patient visits and learn by the bedside of the dr by the treatments and eventually going out on their own on behalf of the dr. There were certain legal aspects between the master and apprentice. Contracts: there was basically an agreement from the master and the apprentice, there will be secrets that need to be kept. Ex: the different types of healing or keeping the trust between patient and dr. So common that printers made blank broiler plates for making contracts and the particulars could be filled out in handwriting: 2. Edinburg-considered one of the best med schools in the world 1750-1800 100 dr"s went. Paris- a lot of clinical experience in large public hospitals.
