tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post6159730068180769021..comments2024-03-27T13:16:32.943-05:00Comments on Western Fictioneers: Dr JULIAN CHISOLM - A GREAT INNOVATOR DURING AND AFTER THE CIVIL WARWestern Fictioneershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01683314579075461026noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-56394243460465590422014-09-27T07:40:03.463-05:002014-09-27T07:40:03.463-05:00Thanks JES, as you say, anything could happen. Doc...Thanks JES, as you say, anything could happen. Doctors had to be innovative.Keith Souterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15206349930107528691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-17996226331488559902014-09-27T06:26:07.158-05:002014-09-27T06:26:07.158-05:00Always a great read from you - I love learning abo...Always a great read from you - I love learning about the medical treatments that would have been available to my characters. Might never use them ... but you never know what might pop up out West, right?JES Hayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08464125288178319685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-77951434227093188332014-09-26T02:45:22.527-05:002014-09-26T02:45:22.527-05:00Thanks, Cheryl. The inhaler made anaesthesia safer...Thanks, Cheryl. The inhaler made anaesthesia safer, but still hazardous, of course. Nowadays we have more effective anaesthetic drugs, muscle relaxants, endotracheal intubation and gases. Yet the amazing thing is that even now we still do not know the actual mechanism of anaesthesia. Keith Souterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15206349930107528691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-63314781674551635772014-09-25T21:39:44.053-05:002014-09-25T21:39:44.053-05:00Keith, I'm always so fascinated by your posts,...Keith, I'm always so fascinated by your posts, and want to thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and love of medicine and medical history with the rest of us. <br /><br />The inhaler. Who would have thought it had been around that long? What a fantastic invention that was--especially for those times! <br /><br />I love your posts and always look forward to reading them. <br />CherylCheryl Piersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18116526340220274282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-70838555187659219912014-09-25T17:38:14.168-05:002014-09-25T17:38:14.168-05:00Thanks, Meg. The Confederate Laboratories, as I un...Thanks, Meg. The Confederate Laboratories, as I understand it, were set up because their supply lines were disrupted and because of the Union Naval blockade. Clearly, they had clever men operating them.Keith Souterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15206349930107528691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-63361497661913110272014-09-25T17:30:48.613-05:002014-09-25T17:30:48.613-05:00Hi Vonn, yes cometh the hour cometh the man. I agr...Hi Vonn, yes cometh the hour cometh the man. I agree, his inhaler was utterly ingenious. Keith Souterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15206349930107528691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-68286473513363371462014-09-25T16:58:54.990-05:002014-09-25T16:58:54.990-05:00Wow, the research you do is so impressive! almost ...Wow, the research you do is so impressive! almost as much as the subject matter!! and that's a LOT of morphine at the end of the war -- or is it? and here I thought the poor Reb soldiers had to suffer through when the docs cut off limbs, etc. Or was that due to the Gone With The Wind film? hmm...Meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10734148270217773194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-63886735601390980212014-09-25T16:48:00.515-05:002014-09-25T16:48:00.515-05:00Dr. Chisolm was truly a man for his time. His inha...Dr. Chisolm was truly a man for his time. His inhaler was brilliant. Had a little MacGuyver in him!Vonn McKeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02271500340284234767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-14762636624776933282014-09-25T13:16:09.949-05:002014-09-25T13:16:09.949-05:00Thank you, Doris. Doing the research is fascinatin...Thank you, Doris. Doing the research is fascinating. Especially tracking down and looking at some of Dr Goodfellow's papers. He wrote in the standard dispassionate clinical manner needed in the professional literature, yet you still get a sense of how he as a man actually talked.Keith Souterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15206349930107528691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-9250741455086210782014-09-25T12:53:08.089-05:002014-09-25T12:53:08.089-05:00Keith,
Your continued posts on these innovative pe...Keith,<br />Your continued posts on these innovative people of medicine are so fascinating. The learning curve is getting small enough that I can truly follow what they are saying. For me that is priceless. You allow the lay reader to understand the importance of the contributions these people were making. Thank You. DorisRenaissance Womenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09045401344374224512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-31309724007132663152014-09-25T12:44:54.131-05:002014-09-25T12:44:54.131-05:00Thanks, Charlie. Dr George Goodfellow made a huge ...Thanks, Charlie. Dr George Goodfellow made a huge contribution to surgery and was a larger than life character. But so too was Dr Chisolm. I enjoyed researching and writ in about them both.<br /><br />And thank you for your very kind review.<br /><br /> Keith Souterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15206349930107528691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-84034483880850707902014-09-25T11:08:13.319-05:002014-09-25T11:08:13.319-05:00Dr. Keith,
Just read WEST OF THE BIG RIVER: THE D...Dr. Keith,<br /><br />Just read WEST OF THE BIG RIVER: THE DOCTOR and posted a review on Amazon.com about that wonderful book and Dr. Goodfellow.<br /><br />As always you have written another fascinating blog about real doctors and procedures of the past.<br /><br />We ALL admire your writing and your studied work.<br /><br />Charlie<br />Charlie Steelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16992330591519249699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-79853001465392576892014-09-25T08:57:40.214-05:002014-09-25T08:57:40.214-05:00Thank you, Kathleen. It is amazing to think that p...Thank you, Kathleen. It is amazing to think that people could qualify in medicine in such a short time back then. Starting out as a doctor at the age of 20 seems so daunting!<br /><br />And thank you about The Doctor. I appreciate it. Keith Souterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15206349930107528691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-5792177295566261772014-09-25T08:20:35.492-05:002014-09-25T08:20:35.492-05:00Keith, I always enjoy your medical posts. Anything...Keith, I always enjoy your medical posts. Anything about the Civil War gets my attention because, of necessity, that was an innovative period in many ways. Particularly in medicine, the war brought about some big changes, and it appears Dr. Chisolm was responsible for several of those changes.<br /><br />I can't thank you enough for sharing your knowledge with the rest of us. You, sir, are a kind, generous person.<br /><br />(I agree with Chuck about <i>The Doctor</i>, BTW.)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05740371055384281988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-31718039116395411682014-09-25T08:01:18.002-05:002014-09-25T08:01:18.002-05:00Thanks, Charlie. You have every right to be prejud...Thanks, Charlie. You have every right to be prejudiced, you wrote about him first. Keith Souterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15206349930107528691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-42413073778272406302014-09-25T07:59:58.713-05:002014-09-25T07:59:58.713-05:00Thanks, Tom. Chloroform made surgery a far less ho...Thanks, Tom. Chloroform made surgery a far less horrific prospect for people, but overdose was certainly possible when administered in an ad hoc manner. It was used in various other ways, including internal dosing in conditions like cholera and gonorrhoea! Not sure how successfully, thoughKeith Souterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15206349930107528691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-65315031408645663342014-09-25T07:09:39.283-05:002014-09-25T07:09:39.283-05:00As always, good stuff, Keith. And I cannot recomme...As always, good stuff, Keith. And I cannot recommend The Doctor highly enough. Of course, Dr. Goodfellow shows up in Chuck Tyrell novels, too, so I may be a tad prejudiced.ChuckTyrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02609200010767178944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-86799030003119698172014-09-25T07:08:13.683-05:002014-09-25T07:08:13.683-05:00Fascinating article, Keith.Whenever I think of chl...Fascinating article, Keith.Whenever I think of chloroform, I've always had the image of someone sneaking up behind another person and slapping a handkerchief over the victim's mouth. I was surprised to learn that image actually paralled how it was administered--without the sneaking, of course. Thanks for the insight. thomasrizzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00762315714546553945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-51282350977273857522014-09-25T05:32:39.607-05:002014-09-25T05:32:39.607-05:00Hi Jacquie, yes he was an amazing man. He studied ...Hi Jacquie, yes he was an amazing man. He studied eye and ear surgery in Paris and London and he wrote over a hundred papers. <br /><br />Doc Logan Munro uses a Chisolm inhaler all the time.Keith Souterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15206349930107528691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1409887812566625284.post-65734338752101177992014-09-25T05:23:47.509-05:002014-09-25T05:23:47.509-05:00What an amazing man and an impressive body of work...What an amazing man and an impressive body of work. I wonder how he became interested in ophthalmology in the first place. He'd been dealing with wounds during the war--did he publish any papers on eye wounds and care?Jacquie Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17361793932364487636noreply@blogger.com