Heroic Medicine

Heroic medicine therapies are the aggressive medical practices or methods of treatment used until the mid-nineteenth century, particularly the dangerous and unproven treatments that scientific advances later replaced.

Read more about Heroic Medicine:  Benjamin Rush, Age of Heroic Medicine

Famous quotes containing the words heroic and/or medicine:

    It is impossible to strive for the heroic life. The title of hero is bestowed by the survivors upon the fallen, who themselves know nothing of heroism.
    Johan Huizinga (1872–1945)

    Good medicine is bitter, but it cures illness.
    —Chinese proverb.

    Confucius.