“I could have torn the child apart in my own fury and enjoyed it.”(Williams 2). this is the authority doctors used in the 1800’s. In “The Use of Force”, by William Carlos Williams identifies the manner in which society looks at doctors in the 1800’s which compares and contrasts to how modern society sees the medical profession. Doctor’s back in the 1800’s will use drugs as the medicine. Some of the doctors did not even go to college or anything they will just practice with a regular doctor for a while. People would even get diseases because hospitals in the big cities were dirty. In other places the doctors had to go to there patient home because there was no hospital. The doctor in the story seem very nice, he seem like he just got there
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The father did everything the doctor said, that shows that he really trusted him. The parents had their opinions about the doctors, but the only thing they wanted was her daughter to get better. Doctors from back then and the ones from now have some similarities and differences. Some similarities are that there very nice to patients, they care about the health of the people. The doctors from back then would use drugs as medicine and the ones from now they use some different stuff more healthy medicines. Theres many things doctors do different. Not all doctors are the same for example the doctors from back then some of them did not even have a degree and now most of them do.
Doctors change over the years some doctors are nice, respectful, caring while in the other hand some of them don’t care and just want to finish with their patient. Back then surgery’s were in the patient’s home not in the hospitals were they supposed to be. The anesthesia consisted ether or chloroform and had the risk to carry asphyxiation. That will cause a big …show more content…
American doctors were doing everything to prove themselves through the heroic therapies, while in the other hand the European doctors were moving the opposite direction and were drawing on scientific methods. The laboratory was examining the ingredients of the medicine.
Back in the 1800’s there were many diseases, and didn;t know if it was because of the germs or the mosquitoes vectors or the fleas that were causing the diseases. People thought that the diseases were caused by disturbance in the body or by an imbalance. People were going crazy without knowing why was there so many diseases. Doctors back then were trained and others were not. The doctors that were trained would use some procedures they learn about and that were acceptable in the university. “Most were educated men with elite status who could convey a sense of authority and competence because of their social class.” (Breslaw 3). In the 1800’s the people did not have money, so they would not consult the doctors because they were expensive instead they would just stick to there home remedies. The healers were the one that charged less and they offered remedies, and they all respected the
The father did everything the doctor said, that shows that he really trusted him. The parents had their opinions about the doctors, but the only thing they wanted was her daughter to get better. Doctors from back then and the ones from now have some similarities and differences. Some similarities are that there very nice to patients, they care about the health of the people. The doctors from back then would use drugs as medicine and the ones from now they use some different stuff more healthy medicines. Theres many things doctors do different. Not all doctors are the same for example the doctors from back then some of them did not even have a degree and now most of them do.
Doctors change over the years some doctors are nice, respectful, caring while in the other hand some of them don’t care and just want to finish with their patient. Back then surgery’s were in the patient’s home not in the hospitals were they supposed to be. The anesthesia consisted ether or chloroform and had the risk to carry asphyxiation. That will cause a big …show more content…
American doctors were doing everything to prove themselves through the heroic therapies, while in the other hand the European doctors were moving the opposite direction and were drawing on scientific methods. The laboratory was examining the ingredients of the medicine.
Back in the 1800’s there were many diseases, and didn;t know if it was because of the germs or the mosquitoes vectors or the fleas that were causing the diseases. People thought that the diseases were caused by disturbance in the body or by an imbalance. People were going crazy without knowing why was there so many diseases. Doctors back then were trained and others were not. The doctors that were trained would use some procedures they learn about and that were acceptable in the university. “Most were educated men with elite status who could convey a sense of authority and competence because of their social class.” (Breslaw 3). In the 1800’s the people did not have money, so they would not consult the doctors because they were expensive instead they would just stick to there home remedies. The healers were the one that charged less and they offered remedies, and they all respected the