tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post5824996929269005079..comments2023-10-20T11:17:47.246-04:00Comments on Two Nerdy History Girls: Mending Broken Bones, c. 1769Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-35030675224550792592014-02-26T12:54:54.842-05:002014-02-26T12:54:54.842-05:00I'm going to stop moaning about my broken wris...I'm going to stop moaning about my broken wrist and fortnightly appointments to the orthopedist immediately.Livia Ellishttp://www.liviaellis.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-58802951992803391982014-02-26T12:54:00.091-05:002014-02-26T12:54:00.091-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Valerie Oliviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06491430746238749831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-22628741066404026042014-02-26T11:09:23.056-05:002014-02-26T11:09:23.056-05:00A nurse and amateur historian, I have an interest ...A nurse and amateur historian, I have an interest in 18th century medicine that manifested in Star-Crossed (Knopf) that became Barbados Bound, followed by Surgeon's Mate (Fireship Press). As a student nurse we were taught to feel for crepitus and to observe for shortening and outward rotation of limbs. Still handy for EMTs and paramedics in the field!Linda Collisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15184486912118207613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-87743809351080968012014-02-26T08:04:03.671-05:002014-02-26T08:04:03.671-05:00For some accurate and horrifying descriptions of l...For some accurate and horrifying descriptions of late 18th and early 19th century medical practices, one can peruse Patrick O'Brian's 'Aubrey/Maturin' seafaring series... see Stephen Maturin performing amputations on a wildly pitching ship...performing surgery on his *own self* after being shot by accident... It makes for terrifying reading--and definitely shows how far the medical profession has come since those days!athan y chiltonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-83480353863157894602014-02-26T06:46:21.560-05:002014-02-26T06:46:21.560-05:00Some of the advice given by Dr Buchan is a bit har...Some of the advice given by Dr Buchan is a bit hard to understand. He states that the patient must lie still for six weeks - but also states that he must be fed a diet of prunes! It seems to me that you could not lie still for very long with that sort of diet!Mike Rendellhttp://mikerendell.comnoreply@blogger.com