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As
Seymour Bicknell Young made is house calls from Murray to Bountiful, what did
he teach the people?
a.
“A clean spirit cannot dwell in a dirty body”
b.
“An apple a day. . .”
c.
“Cleanliness is next to Godliness”
d.
“How much wood could a woodchuck chuck. . .”
Yesterday’s answer:
D Medical school
In
the late 1870’s Brigham Young called several women of strong moral character
and intellect to travel to the East, attend medical school, graduate, then
return to the Utah Territory to use their medical skills for women in
childbirth, as well as in proper care of young children.
These
women accepted this assignment even though in doing so, they were expected to
finance their own education.
These
women answered the call at great sacrifice. Leaving husbands and children with
others, they spent from one to three years in the East before returning home to
commence medical practices and resume the care of their families.
The
most popular medical theory of the time was the Thomsonian method which relied
on herbs, hot baths and dietary modification. Some prominent Thomsonian doctors
of the time were Willard Richards, his brother Levi, and Frederick G. Williams.
Both Joseph Smith nag Brigham Young recommended the Thomsonian method along
with the laying on of hands.
One of the main concerns of Brigham Young and
others was the standard methods of treatment used during this period by medical
doctors. These treatments included bleeding, purging, magnetic healing, sun
therapy, and hydrotherapy. There was not a way to accurately measure dosages of
strong chemicals or drugs like laudanum. Needless to say, these treatments
often did more harm than good.
Lesson
Committee, Museum Memories-Daughters of
Utah Pioneers, (Salt Lake City, Talon Printing, 2010), 2: 49-50.
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