The Toughest Era

[manowar rules]

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In what decade do you think that residency, in general, was most grueling?

 

[brodaiga]

In what decade do you think that residency, in general, was most grueling?

The 1640s

 

[koennen]

The 1640s

That's crap. The 1650s were much tougher due to PBL (Problem-based Blood Letting) coming into vogue.

 

[Winged Scapula]

That's crap. The 1650s were much tougher due to PBL (Problem-based Blood Letting) coming into vogue.

😆

 

[deleted87716]

The 1640s

Yeah, you pretty much diagnosed things back then by tasting them.

I'd say any era prior to the invention of the urine test strip (ca. 1850) would've sucked. Talk about scut work... 😉

 

[michaelrack]

The last 20 years of the 20th century.

 

[oldbearprofessor]

Yeah, you pretty much diagnosed things back then by tasting them.

I'd say any era prior to the invention of the urine test strip (ca. 1850) would've sucked. Talk about scut work... 😉

Until one day in the fall of 1985, we routinely used to aspirate meconium by putting a tube in the trachea and sucking with our mouths. Now, a failed intubation or sometimes even a successful one led to a mouthful of meconium. Frequently.

 

[deleted87716]

Until one day in the fall of 1985, we routinely used to aspirate meconium by putting a tube in the trachea and sucking with our mouths. Now, a failed intubation or sometimes even a successful one led to a mouthful of meconium. Frequently.

Yuck. I imagine that was one of those "see one, do one, teach every one you possibly can after that" kinda procedures. 😉

 

[Medstart108]

My parents still believe blood letting works. They swore by it for their chickens. Chickens would be droopy and down, let out a little blood, which was dark and coagulated, then Chickens would be happy and full of energy again.

 

[Arcan57]

I imagine surgical residency sucked prior to anesthesia. Holding down some dude who's getting a limb cut off due to gangrene and hoping that you don't get cut with the same gore-soaked blade cause antibiotics didn't exist yet.

 

[Siggy]

Yeah, you pretty much diagnosed things back then by tasting them.

I'd say any era prior to the invention of the urine test strip (ca. 1850) would've sucked. Talk about scut work... 😉

Better scut work than scat work.