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Myths & Miracles of Victorian Medicine
Doctors were taking x-rays; however, if a scalpel fell to the floor during surgery, the surgeon picked up the instrument and continued to operate with it.
Fictional Victorian lady Miss Myrtle Mills will reveal practices that defy today’s medical sense and discoveries that helped form the foundation of 21st-century medicine. (Many modern medical practices are rooted in discoveries made in the late 1800s.)
Topic will include disease prevention; kitchen-cupboard “cures” and patented “remedies”; pregnancy protocols; the difficulties for aspiring women physicians, and scientific discoveries that formed the roots of today’s medicine.
Janet Parnes of Historical Portrayals by Lady J, will portray Miss Mills.
Date/Time: March 7 1-2 PM
Registration encouraged: call Center at the Heights at 781-455-7555 (also call this number with questions)
