Early Physicians of Frederick County Maryland
Health care in Frederick County began with native tribes and Herbalists, evolving to skilled physicians by 1769. Key figures include Phillip Thomas, John Fisher, Adam Fisher, John Smith Fisher, John Borgan, John Tyler, William Hilleary, Francis Brown Sappington, Joseph Sim Smith, and others who helped establish the state medical society and advanced medical practice in the region.
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Frederick County
Pennsylvania
Scharf
Maryland
Jacob Fouch
Germany
Frederick
Montgomery
Washington
Allegheny
Garrett
Howard
Carroll
Frederick City
Phillip Thomas
Chestertown
Kent County
James Thomas
Thomas Vandyke
Philadelphia
Thomas
Medical and Chirurgical Faculty
state medical society
Jane Contee Hanson
John Hanson
John Fisher
Adam Fisher
John Smith Fisher
Reisterstown
Patrick St
Market St
Conrad Shafer
John Borgan
Burgoyne
W. Patrick St
Harry Koontz
John Tyler
United States
Episcopal church
W. Church St
Court House Square
Tyler
Prince George's County
Smith
Georgetown
St. Bartholomew’s Hospital
London
England
John Hunter
Fordyce
Pott
Baillie
America
Richmond
Virginia
Jefferson
Ragan
Hilleary
Sappingtons
Francis Brown Sappington
Libertytown
Anne Ridgley
Joseph Sim Smith
Calvert County
Clement Smith
Patrick Sim
Elizabeth Price
Thomas Price
Samuel P. Smith
Cumberland
Armand
Partisan Legion
Taneytown
Tyler, Hilleary
Sappington
medical society
Hunter
Cullen
Rush
Folk medicine in early America relied on witch doctors and home remedies
Historic medical practice divided illnesses into unexplained and those with identifiable causes. Witch or pow wow doctors attempted to break spells for unseen ailments while others used home preparations or underqualified physicians. Treatments included bleeding, blistering, cupping, sweating, purging, and moon or zodiac based cures passed by word of mouth.
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