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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260425T130000
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URL:https://kingstonhappenings.org/events/bite-the-bullet-medicine-in-the-
 18th-century-lecture/
SUMMARY:Bite the Bullet: Medicine in the 18th Century Lecture ​
DESCRIPTION:“Bite the Bullet\,” Washington’s Headquarters’ Program 
 on Revolutionary era medicine\, is designed to acquaint audiences with the
  state of medical knowledge and some of the practices of medicine in the t
 ime of George Washington. Physicians were frequently confounded by the cau
 ses of illness\, treated symptoms\, and relied heavily on the healing powe
 rs of nature. Many remedies stocked by apothecaries were herbal in nature\
 , and the best doctors of the time still healed with herbs. In 1775\, the 
 US had 3\,500 doctors\, but only 300 had medical degrees. The profession o
 f physician / surgeon was open only to men\, but the system relied heavily
  on women who could be and were midwives. The lecture quotes from the diar
 y of traveling midwife\, Martha Ballard\, of northern Massachusetts who ke
 pt a record of her work as a healer and a midwife\, which provides an unpa
 ralleled window into practical medicine in the quarter century straddling 
 1800.\n\nFind more information and registration details at hrmm.org or he
 re.\n\nSpeaker Bio: Matthew Weigman has been a Hudson Valley resident goi
 ng back to 1962 and has had an interest in American history since the age 
 of 16. His 32-year-career in communications at the auction house Sotheby
 ’s concluded with nine years as Worldwide Director of Sales Communicatio
 ns\, based in London. As a historical interpreter at Washington’s Headqu
 arters Newburgh for the past four years he has enjoyed illuminating visito
 rs and audiences about significant achievements of the “indispensable ma
 n” of the American Revolution during its final 16 months\, as well as le
 cturing about the era of the Revolution itself. To satisfy an interest in 
 horticulture Matthew volunteers as a Master Gardener with Cornell Cooperat
 ive Extension of Putnam County\, writes regularly for the Garden Club of A
 merica magazine Bulletin and lectures in historical horticulture.
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CATEGORIES:@Featured,Educational classes and lectures,History
LOCATION:Hudson River Maritime Museum\, 50 Rondout Landing\, Kingston\, NY\
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