Better Health Workshop

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The difference between what was happening here and the middle ages is not too much.

They are using ether, and there is better knowledge of anatomy, Galen's ideas are gone.

There's better lighting. The surgeons for dressed in surgical gowns. The doctors will have washed their hands.

USA Surgery 1889

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“The Agnew Clinic,” an 1889 oil painting by Thomas Eakin, shows a 19th century operating theater in action.