Improvement in medicine and training

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What began to improve in the years 1750 and 1900?
medical training, more training schools were established and more practical training was given. All doctors had to be registered and pass medical examinations
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How was medical training improved?
teaching hospitals where students could observe doctors at work, students dissected bodies to understand anatomy, following the germ theory more emphasis on the study of microbes and disease, included training with how to use technology
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How did they train them to use technology?
teaching them how to use improved technology such as thermometers and stethoscopes to help diagnose illness
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Qualifictions
in the 18th century doctors needed a certificate from the royal college of physicians, the royal college of surgeons or the society of Apothecaries
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After 1815 (qualifications)
the latter two set and exam to be passed before certificates were awarded
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After 1858 (qualifications)
all doctors had to be registered with the General Medical Council
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Midwives
most midwives were women but after forceps were introduced their numbers fell as they were not allowed the training necessary to use them. Men midwives then became more popular and treated richer women
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Improvement in medicine (herbal)
people still used herbal remedies but people had less access to plants so were more reliant on apothecaries. They also continued to use folk remedies based on superstition but pills would soon take over
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Improvement in medicine (pills)
pills were made by hand until William Brockedon invented a machine in 1844 that standardised the dosage and increased production speed
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Improvement in medicine (apothecaries)
apothecaries and quack doctors sold patent medicines, advertised as cures for everything. However their ingredients such as lard and arsenic didn't work or caused harm
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Improvement in medicine (money)
money could be made from patent medicines which encouraged growth of the pharmaceutical industry
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Improvement in medicine (Jesse Boot)
turned one shop into a large chain of pharmacies, companies like this financed chemical research to produce and sell their own brands of medicines
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Improvement in medicine (government)
by 1900 the government brought in regulations to prevent harmful ingredients used in medicines
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