Medics+of+the+1700s

The medics during the seventeen hundreds were not known for having practices that worked as well as those that doctors use today. For example, a well-known medic named Dr. Rush was very popular back in the day. However, we now know that his practice of 'bleeding out the pestulance' is not only ineffective, but also catastrophic in its result. Not many of his patients who went through this treatment and survived came out completely refreshed and revived. However, apart from his bad medical solution of the Yellow Fever, he had very good prescriptions in other areas. Dr. Rush had a come-to-your-house kind of psychiatry, and treated many mentally-ill patients. He is considered the Father of American Psychiatry by many, and published the first psychology book: __Medical Inquiries and Observations upon the Diseases of the Mind__. He apparently believed in the rights of African Americans and women. Another medic was Dr. Jean Deveze. He was a French doctor, and had a better result with Rush's prescription for the Yellow Fever, though he did also use fluids and fresh air to break it. Deveze created a memoir on his venture to the Americas during the Yellow Fever entitled __An Enquiry into, and Observations Upon the Causes and Effects of the Epidemic Disease.__ However, Deveze did not have a perfect record. Though he had some portions of his methods that exceeded those of Rush, much of what he used was the norm. Just like Rush, Deveze bled his patients and fed them herbs and other liquids that would make them puke. In fact, though it seems that Deveze's methods were far more advanced than those of Rush, they were practically using the same method. It also seems that the French doctor was a bit more stuck-up than the Englishman. To quote his memoir, " I could cite many other cases of a similar nature, having seen and visited an infinite number of persons attacked with the same disease, and had the happiness not to lose any ﻿"﻿ ﻿and "  If in the beginning of this unfortunate malady, recourse had been had to a similar treatment, I am convinced it would seldom have proved mortal. ﻿"

For a formal apology of Dr. Rush, media type="custom" key="7978866"

For insight from Dr. Deveze, media type="custom" key="7580601"