Tagged Questions

votes

4answers

272 views

Was there any way to deal with infections in pre-modern times?

Today, an infection isn't usually too serious of a problem, with so many kinds of antibiotics available. Was there any way to deal with infections in pre-modern times? Let's say before 1700.

asked May 22 '12 at 2:39

Joe
2,159733

newest society medicine questions feed

Technology			Life / Arts	Culture / Recreation	Science	Other
Stack Overflow Server Fault Super User Web Applications Ask Ubuntu Webmasters Game Development TeX - LaTeX	Programmers Unix & Linux Ask Different (Apple) WordPress Answers Geographic Information Systems Electrical Engineering Android Enthusiasts IT Security	Database Administrators Drupal Answers SharePoint User Experience Mathematica more (14)	Photography Science Fiction & Fantasy Seasoned Advice (cooking) Home Improvement more (13)	English Language & Usage Skeptics Mi Yodeya (Judaism) Travel Arqade (gaming) Bicycles Role-playing Games more (22)	Mathematics Cross Validated (stats) Theoretical Computer Science Physics more (7)	Stack Apps Meta Stack Overflow Area 51 Stack Overflow Careers

rev 2013.5.23.698

Tagged Questions

Was there any way to deal with infections in pre-modern times?

Related Tags