tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10655942.post116867916812481640..comments2024-02-21T16:40:03.581+08:00Comments on Bedtime Stories: Medicus and the Disappearing Hourssavantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11298564303784032379noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10655942.post-1168807488613221332007-01-15T04:44:00.000+08:002007-01-15T04:44:00.000+08:00Hmm...well I can only say thank god for medical pr...Hmm...well I can only say thank god for medical progress. Although in the Civil War circa 1860s in US history, the Union army docs got the nickname "butcher" as they were excessively fond of doping wounded soldiers with laundanum (an opium derivative - the poppy was very popular) and then "sawing" off wounded limbs. They achieved the second nickname of "Sawbones" as a result.<BR/><BR/>Kinda makes you squirm don't it? It was faster and more expdient to do this and then cauterize the stump than it was to sew up wounds and treat the infection. They simply didn't have the pharmaceutical supplies. When they ran out of the laundanum, they switched to whiskey. When that ran out, the knocked em out with a blow to the head, as you mentioned. And if the "Butcher" was too lazy to do that, out came the leather strap to bite down on and out came the saw.<BR/><BR/>I'd hate to think what there solultion was for a soldier having a head ache.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10655942.post-1168755511174894332007-01-14T14:18:00.000+08:002007-01-14T14:18:00.000+08:00A great pic in todays post.Kev in New Zealand.A great pic in todays post.<BR/><BR/>Kev in New Zealand.kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09675153688582065400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10655942.post-1168707442420509352007-01-14T00:57:00.000+08:002007-01-14T00:57:00.000+08:001511 - Albuquerque occupied Melaka1826 - Perjanji...1511 - Albuquerque occupied Melaka<BR/>1826 - Perjanjian Burney? (not quite sure on this one)<BR/>1957 - M'sia achieved its independence<BR/><BR/>hope i got my facts right :)<BR/><BR/>Triple cheers to all Anesthesiologists.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com