*NO ADS* Strange Medical Practices of the Victorian Era | HISTORY FOR SLEEP

Описание: Step into the blood-soaked theaters of the 19th century. Where "healing" meant bloodletting, arsenic, and surgery without anesthesia.

Explore the terrifying transition from ancient humeral theory to the birth of modern germ theory. Journey through the smog of London to the dissection tables of body snatchers to see how medicine survived its own dark ages.

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00:00 - The Theater of Medical Horror
02:10 - Surviving the London Pea-Souper
07:25 - The Rise of the Gentleman Physician
14:04 - Clinging to Ancient Biological Maps
21:01 - Heavy Metal Poisons of the Apothecary
27:29 - The Rise of the Quack Industry
34:43 - The Brutality of the Surgical Theater
42:30 - Resurrecting the Dead for Science
50:58 - The Invisible Scourge of Hospital Wards
57:38 - Mastery of the Stopwatch and Scalpel
01:04:05 - The Ego vs the Germ Theory
01:12:11 - Foundations of the Silent Graveyard

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