When historians refer to the Victorian era, they often describe it as a period of rapid progress. Indeed, there were many advances in both the sciences and the arts, and many of the developments that took place during that period helped to shape the world as we know it today.
However, it's also fair to say that the field of medicine has improved quite a lot since the 19th century, and there were aspects of Victorian medicine that are simply baffling to modern doctors.
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