The world wasn't always a place of sterile environments and world class doctors at your beck and call.. This site will show you just a glimpse of the world of pre 1900s medical care.
The 19th Century brought tremendous advances in the
understanding of health and medicine. There was an acceptance of link between
environment and health. There was an understanding of germ theory and there
were growing efforts at social reform as a way of improving the health of the
population. Industrialization led to increase in city populations.