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Message: <blockquote data-quote="rryap" data-source="post: 19142746" data-attributes="member: 429840">do not get deceivedWell into the 1800s, physicians continued to believe thatmiasmas, gases that arose from sewers, swamps, garbagepits, or open graves (and were thought to be poisonous), causedillness. Because physicians did not yet understand the cause ofillness, guesswork was heavily involved when treatments weredevised. Doctors frequently used leeches to bleed patients, andlaxatives, opium, peppermint, and brandy were often consideredcures. While some herbal medications have come back into favortoday, many of the medicines used early on—mercury amongthem—are now known to be poisonous or cause serious, if notfatal, damage.[Kate_Kelly]_Medicine_Becomes_a_Science_1840-1999</blockquote>

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