HIST 249 Chapter Notes - Chapter Reading: Chloroform, Theodor Billroth, Germ Theory Of Disease
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The intervention happens at an individual level, you are not targeting a population. The strategy of dealing with problems of medical character is by separating it from its context and solving it in a technological way (technological fix) Surgery was a craft/trade so surgeons were artisans. Surgeons were for apprenticeships, not at school. Surgeons dealt with external treatment (body surface) - shaving, applying ointment, pulling teeth, bloodletting. Dealt with cuts, bruises, ulcers, skin tumours, dislocations, venereal diseases. Emergency situations and was resolved my manual means. Regimen was not within the area of responsibility of a surgeon bladder stones are an emergency disease, people sought out practitioners to help them because it was a painful experience. Surgeons played a huge role in general healthcare. Not just one medical profession, but a whole bunch of them them. William and john hunter"s surgical school in london. Teaching setting, teacher with a bunch of students.
