Early Health and Medicine Today our personal health is often something we take for granted, because over the years we have developed more advanced vitimens, medicines, and cures for numerous sicknesses. In the early days, getting sick was much more terrifying than it is today. The cures for diseases were not much healthier than the diseases themselves. Any illness in the early 19th century could be very serious , no matter how big or small. For …showed first 75 words of 420 total…

…showed last 75 words of 420 total…invented a machinethat killed the germs in the room, by producinga fine spray of carbolic acd. After this invention , few patients died of infection in hospitals. Therefore, between 1837 and 1901 many medical advances were made. Some of these advances include the discovery of germs, sterilization, importance of hygiene, pasteurization, and the cure for the common childhood disease, diptheria. Thanks to these most helpful medical discoveries, we are more comfartably able to pursue findings in medicine today.