Essay - Medicine in Colonial America Introduction the Period We can Call...

Medicine in Colonial America

Introduction

The period we can call Colonial ***** can be the period from 1497 to 1776. The exam*****ation of medical practices during the *****, first with the original natives of the land, and then the medical practices that came in with the settlers from ***** various countries, and f*****ally the establishment ***** an orderly ***** institutionalized ***** practice that was the foundation of modern medicine have to ***** examined in m*****ute detail. To go beyond the colonial days is necessary to establish ***** earlier state of bliss health wise and other wise that existed and the attendant confusion that came with colonization. This is necessary to reconstruct the scenario ***** the development of this important branch of human activity. The pre-colonial America has its own tribal medical *****, and left ***** their own devices often perhaps found herbal remedies for ***** ailments. (***** History of Medicine in *****: The Settlers Arrive)

***** colonization of America offered a very fertile field for the new 'doctors', 'surgeons' and 'theorists' and their theories. Simultaneously the medical investigations in ***** Continent especially Britain brought forth new methods of attending to the sick, which was tried out on the settlers ***** ***** natives, thus aiding and abetting death in his duties. The medical history ***** the colonies all over the world is noth*****g but a record of ***** number of unsung and unknown early graves that gave rise to ***** schools of medicines, and further more creating competition among the practitioners. As the singular hall mark of the economy which embraced capitalism, competition seemed to ***** thrived in the medical corridors. In fact, a signatory to the constitution Dr Benjamin Rush actually had warned that the bill of rights need to have an article on the 'freedom of choosing medical care' *****d the reason ***** ***** advanced was simply that in future on school of medicine might m*****opolize ***** medical horizon killing ********** other forms of medicine. Incidentally ***** Rush introduced Psychiatry ***** America. (The History of ***** in America: The ***** Arrive)

Ignorantly Healthy

***** natives of the Americas, long before Columbus sailed *****, we can assume on a statistical probability, had their share of illness. They have ***** record some medic*****es that suit such *****. These medicines are *****ed 'alternate remedies' today, albeit with a tinge of suspicion. It is *****rgued that these ***** based on herbs and a sprinkling of religion thrown in is unscientific. But we ***** observe th*****t the indigenous people ***** managed ***** well with this form ***** health remedies, other***** there would not have been so many tribes to battle with in the first place. The settlers came from a different *****e, with ***** different climate and bacteria not found in the local areas. That was the first health problem. It can be argued conclusively that "the Europeans who settled in the ***** land encountered animals that were strange to them and al***** germs that came in contagion. They had also to put up