Q. Visiting a doctor in the 1850s was a risky affair; often, their remedies for diseases caused more harm than good for the patients. Out of all the following commonly-prescribed early nineteenth-century treatments, which is the only one that was NOT generally harmful to the patient? (Solved)
1. taking the waters
2. the drug Laudanum
3. bloodletting
4. laxative purges
- a. taking the waters