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Monday, February 2, 2015:  Ron Grogg, a historian with the Minnesota Historical Society gave a presentation on what it was to be a doctor in the 1820s, almost 200 years ago.  He played the part of a Major McCann, a U.S. Army Doctor at Fort Snelling from that time period.  The fort is located in what is now  the Twin Cities.
 
Mr. Grogg gave his talk to a near spell-bound audience at the Brainerd Public Library. 

He showed off "tools of the trade" from back then.  The black object on the left with two bell-shaped ends was an early stethoscope.

McCann was a U.S. Army doctor and was doing "state of the art" healing.
Then he moved on to tools for operating on patients, which often took the form of amputating a limb. 

There was no anesthetic in those days to kill pain.  Ouch!  A patient could bite into a wooden stick, which offered little relief.

Blood letting was a common practice back then.  It resulted in killing more patients than it saved.
Quote of the day:    Thank goodness things have changed a lot in 190 years.   Mark    < Back to previous story Ahead to next story >

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