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Early Blood Draw

"We're doing everything we can to make him comfortable, short of dressing up as male doctors."

Cures for Ye Plague

PHARMACY, 'Tell Hippocrates to write his prescriptions in Greek -- I can't read Babylonian!'

'Feed a cold, starve the plague.'

'These young doctors know nothing, I used to see 500 patients every day...'

Edward Jenner

Leeches, lucky charms, rat catching. The secretary of health is in.

"Trepanning for gold"

'Medical science is this close to finding a cure for the common evil vapors.'

'The doctors ruled out a remarkable recovery. You'll get better, they just don't think it'll be all that remarkable.'

John Snow

"Milton finally found a doctor he can trust - one who still believes in the healing power of money."

Asylum; May contain patients with mental problems.

An early medical case ripe for a malpractice lawsuit.

"So why is it that we only get to see you whenever you need a gruesome amputation?"

Antique Ailments

"We use leeches on the test subjects and slugs on the control group."

Consultation of Physicians.

'In this practice we like to have the best of the old with the best of the new.'

"We'll be performing the operation using original instruments."

Florence Nightingale

Early Anaesthesia

"They just don't make 'em like Doc Malone anymore!"

"How come we don't start plagues any more? Are we one of those boring couples?"

"You've omitted your previous patient experience and recommendations from two other doctors."

"On certain types of wounds we use lawyers instead of leeches because lawyers never seem to get their fill of blood..."

Press Conference

2020's Bug Bear

Doctors Through the Ages...

Historic Medical Moments: The first time a body rejected a heart before it was transplanted.

"Look, the generic ones are just as good, and your insurance doesn't cover the brand leeches."

Lady Physicians

Rene Laennec