Early health and medicine
Early health and medicineEarly Health and Medicine
Today our personal health is often something we take for granted, because over the years we have developed more advanced vitimens, medicines, and cures for numerous sicknesses. In the early days, getting sick was much more terrifying than it is today. The cures for diseases were not much healthier than the diseases themselves. Any illness in the early 19th century could be very serious , no matter how big or small. For example, today cancer is considered a very serious disease because we have yet to discover an absolute cause or cure. Altough, centuries ago people were not aware of what caused a a common cold or simply yet one did'nt even know what a germ even was.
Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) was the famous French scientest who first discovered germs, and that they were the main cause of most diseases. After Pasteur's significant discovery people began to be much more conscious of their personal hygiene. Such as, brushing their teeht and bathing more persistently. Pastuer opened the doors to a series of new remedies and discoveries. Some of these would include pasteurized milk(you can see where it received it's name), bacteria, fermentation, yeast, and rabies:to name a few. Within a year of Pasteur's remedy for rabies,...
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