How Science has advanced since the Victorian Era... (page 6)

prologos

brizzy, why is it called the Victorian age ? whose victory?

QUEEN Victoria, the dominant female. so they had a head start on "atilla the hen" and merkel.

peace to you.

jgnat

Funny how the mood of the empire followed Victoria to her grave. She started out young and vivacous.

ziddina

About the leeches...

Nowadays they are raised in a sterile environment. Does anybody know where they got their leeches from, back then? Had they started raising them in clean evironments during the Victorian era??

For Brizzzy:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_era

http://www.history.ac.uk/ihr/Focus/Victorians/

http://www.victorianweb.org/

EntirelyPossible

Think about the advances in rocketry, weather sciences, video and audio.....

ziddina

[sigh...]

Apparently it's more fun to generate heat on certain threads than to light a candle on this one...

Thanks for the links, Zid! I'm fascinated by the Victorian era! (I love the aesthetic, though I wouldn't have wanted to live during a time so ignorant of basic medicine/technology!) But man, offer me a corset and a bustle, and I'm so there!

brizzzy

Aw, Zid, it's OK. Another thread devolved when the OP started saying mean things about a total stranger (me) and my response basically amounted to, "This is a science thread, and you are being mean-spirited and personal". So since I guess defending oneself in an incredibly mild manner is now considered "responding with a personal attack", threads were locked, and now this thread is the best game in town for discussing dinos, past mistakes in science, and the scientific process. What say we give it another go? *hug*

I'll start: The leeches thing. Back then, they were used for freakin' EVERYTHING.

http://virtualvictorian.blogspot.com/2011/07/leeches-and-bloodletting-in-victorian.html

It was like, "Oh, you have a headache? Leech! Nymphomania? BRING ME A WHOLE EFFING BOWL OF LEECHES!!!"

And then they were surprised when their patient, uh, died. Or got weaker from loss of blood. As Mamochan pointed out though, the article says:

" Today, leeches are still employed in surgical cases where skin grafts are used and there is a need for restoring the flow of blood ."

BBC has an article about their modern use, too:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3858087.stm

Though, as it points out, a major drawback is that leeches are TERRIFYING.

NewChapter

"Today, leeches are still employed in surgical cases where skin grafts are used and there is a need for restoring the flow of blood."

They are finding maggots extremely helpful for festering wounds now too. *shiver* But seriously---for diabetics and people with circulation issues, this has been very effective. I don't have a link at the moment. I'll let all you critical thinkers check me! :)

brizzzy

Maggots. Ah, no. I draw the line. Maggots seriously induce vomiting in me. I cannot even. Just. No.

NewChapter

Maggots. Ah, no. I draw the line. Maggots seriously induce vomiting in me. I cannot even. Just. No.

What's wrong with you? It's science!

How Science has advanced since the Victorian Era...

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