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Coma

posted 9 years ago by alix2468ks
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Does anyone know the history of IVs? Like could people in the late 1800s survive for 6 months in a coma? I'm trying to find when IVs were introduced and I'm struggling...

[–] TBritt 9 years ago

Here are a few from a quick search....

http://workplacenurses.com/id39.html

http://historyofnephrology.blogspot.com/2013/11/the-invention-of-iv-fluid-therapy.html

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intravenous_therapy

[–] janshell 9 years ago

I wondered the same! No feeding tubes or anything!

[–] mjwm44 9 years ago

Before feeding tubes, they did sometimes attempt to feed by soup enemas.

[–] HarveyMidnight 9 years ago

I dunno how accurate it was, but on "Penny Dreadful" -- which takes place in the late 19th century, they showed a contraption like a big funnel pushed down the throat into the stomach, for soup to be poured in.

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