to honor we call you, not press you like slaves / for who are so free as the sons of the waves

[themeletor]

...or, I think I got that rather right... it's completely from memory. *coughcough* ANYWAY.


LET'S TALK ABOUT 18th CENTURY (NAVAL) MEDICINE!
'cause that's one of the things I have been so not able to ferret out.

any pointers? my Fantastic Historical Geekery Kim Wilson Links List is mostly early 19th century. and I? I'm thinking... pirates.

I'm also thinking zombies, and ye olde brain troubles. *slight cackle*


If I find anything useful, myself, I'll stick it up here, too.


thxyall!

[ETA: Fuller, Thomas, 1654-1734.
Pharmacopoeia extemporanea : or, a body of prescripts. In which forms of select remedies, accommodated to most intentions of cure, are propos'd. London: printed for B. Walford, 1710.]

[ETA2: Mental Health History Timeline - 18th Century Asylums ff.]

[3: 18th-Century Theories of Melancholy & Hypochondria -- esp. looking at unnatural melancholy, here]

[4: Bethlem (Bedlam) at Wikipedia]

[5: Bedlam schoolman. Or, Some lines made by an English noble man, that was in Bedlam 1700, DOCUMENT IMAGE]

Comments

[order_of_chaos]

I know nothing about 18th century medicine.
And I'm fairly sure I know nothing about the song either, because my brain keeps fitting the lyrics to the tune of Away in a Manger. Which works.

[meletor-et-al.livejournal.com]

well... lookit the links! they're very cool.

...also, you're odd. very, very odd.

[johanirae.livejournal.com]

18th century naval medicine... okay, it happens in the 18th century, probably involves a ship, and has a 50% chance of saving people? *smiles hopefully*

You could probably tell I don't usually get very high marks in my school non-fictional essays;-)

[gryphons-lair.livejournal.com]

black_hound pointed me at this site a while ago:

Domestic Medicine

[meletor-et-al.livejournal.com]

fantastic!

[mme-of-achilles.livejournal.com]

I could try and get you info on 18th century psychiatry

[drbillbongo.livejournal.com]

You got the song right, I've been listening to it for the last two days. ;)

And thanks for that great bunch of resources! *glee* Will add to memories at once! :D

[smileysweetie.livejournal.com]

Umm, my mom is an American history major with a concentration on the Amer. Revolution. (Read: We go to Williamsburg, VA, and dress in 18th century costume at every possible opportunity.) I don't know how much she knows about pirates and medecine, but I'm pretty sure she knows something about 18th century medecine in general. I can ask her for you, if you want.