<3 <3 <3 You are so awesome! If I continue the story, I guess I can have my poor characters get injured left and right without worrying whether they'd be able to survive such wounds in the 18th century. Thank you so much for the support!! <3
Actually, I'm in need of your expertise already! ^^;;;
So... it turns out one of my characters gets stabbed in the chest (shoulder, above heart), so I figured the kind-hearted ppl who find him would take him to a surgeon to ... sew it up? Cauterize it? Check for internal bleeding? What else does an 18th century French surgeon do when a man with a bad stab wound is brought to him? Did they even have surgeons in 18th century France? ^^;; (and what would they call him? Do they work only for the king (this is pre-Revolutionary France), or would there be private-practice ones, too? Also, say the above kind-hearted person who found the guy is a noble lady who is currently staying at Versailles--would there have been physicians there?
Also, any sort of usual treatments/follow-up nurses (were there nurses back then??) would have administered to him while he's recovering?
Sorry if there are some really stupid-sounding questions in here... I'm so uninformed... ;__; But thank you so much for offering to help me! ^___^<3
Not stupid at all; firstly, most certainly there were surgeons. In fact, Paris had the reputation for being one of the world's centres of medical education. Over the course of the 18th century, as in England, young surgeons were trained in the city's hospitals after the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Paris lost it's control over surgical training. The jealous physicians of that college had managed to get the distinction between surgeons and barbers blurred in the 1600s, but in the 18th century French surgeons, about a decade earlier than their English bretheren, freed themselves from this association. In 1768, the surgeons abandoned the old apprenticeship system and replaced it with compulsary attendance at the Collége Chirurgie for students
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Wow! I'm doing NaNoWriMo too!! (It's Sam from yale, remember? ;-)) I'd say if you like your story other than not knowing the historical stuff, keep going. The characters will carry you through, and really 1667 words a day isn't *so* many that you can't do some research as you go as well. I'd particularly recommend the NaNo forums.. try posting on the character and realism forum or in the historical fiction genre lounge. With all the people doing NaNo (and especially given the crowd) there's likely to be someone who can answer your questions if you put something like "18th century French clothing/customs/etc." in the subject. (really... I've been shocked and happily amazed at the expertise of people out there
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SAMU-CHAN!!! Hisashiburi!!! XDDD Forgive me, I actually didn't recognize you with your smexy, new haircut... bad me... @___@;; I never think I know any of my lj friends IRL, so it throws me for a loop sometimes. But I'll remember now! Yakusoku suru!
Wowie, you're in your senior year now, right? How goes the Comic-Writers' Club? You know, I actually drew a 20-page entry for the TokyoPop Rising Stars of Manga Contest last year! (though it didn't get chosen :( )
I would definitely say "yeah, let's swap!" but it's so painfully historically inaccurate, I feel embarrassed. ^^;; Ah well, as I write more and (hopefully) research more, maybe that feeling will change... oh yeah, thanks for the tip about the forums-- I'll definitely go try my luck there! I'm called "RedCrest" on there, btw!
Anyway, thank you for the encouragement and advice--best of luck to you, too! What sort of fantasy novel is it? The medieval world at war type, or the elves and faeries type? Maybe we can be writing buddies and bounce ideas off of one another? ^^ Ganbare
Heh actually I graduated in May. Right now I'm in Japan on the JET program (and thus with lots and lots of time on my hands for novelling) The comics club seems to be surviving still though, for which I am profoundly grateful. And trust me, I wouldn't know historical accuracy if it hit me over the head so don't worry. I suppose if I had to pick one it's more the "medieval world at war" type but gwah... I get embarrassed talking about plots and stuff. (guess we all have our points ;-) ) Ganbarre! (I'm Rokikurama over on NaNo as well)
YOU'RE IN JAPAN?!?!? LUCKY!!!! Where did you end up? I know JET loves throwing ppl into the inaka... but are you anywhere near Osaka? I need to introduce you to something wonderful they have there called Takarazuka~ :D
Anyway, about my novel... I have a problem. It's become a freakin' slash fest, which is bad, because I want to be able to show this novel to my friends and family. @_@;; A little homosexuality is fine, of course, and I only meant it to show up here and there in the story... but that's all I'm writing so far. @___@;; Gaaah, maybe I should just scrap it and start again... ;___;
LoL, I'm just about in the same place, word-count-wise (and I'm thinking of starting over @___@;;;; ). I'm "RedCrest" on the forums. ^^ I'll come buddy you and we can mope about our unproductiveness together. :D
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(I am a professional medical historian, you know! ^-^)
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So... it turns out one of my characters gets stabbed in the chest (shoulder, above heart), so I figured the kind-hearted ppl who find him would take him to a surgeon to ... sew it up? Cauterize it? Check for internal bleeding? What else does an 18th century French surgeon do when a man with a bad stab wound is brought to him? Did they even have surgeons in 18th century France? ^^;; (and what would they call him? Do they work only for the king (this is pre-Revolutionary France), or would there be private-practice ones, too? Also, say the above kind-hearted person who found the guy is a noble lady who is currently staying at Versailles--would there have been physicians there?
Also, any sort of usual treatments/follow-up nurses (were there nurses back then??) would have administered to him while he's recovering?
Sorry if there are some really stupid-sounding questions in here... I'm so uninformed... ;__; But thank you so much for offering to help me! ^___^<3
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Wowie, you're in your senior year now, right? How goes the Comic-Writers' Club? You know, I actually drew a 20-page entry for the TokyoPop Rising Stars of Manga Contest last year! (though it didn't get chosen :( )
I would definitely say "yeah, let's swap!" but it's so painfully historically inaccurate, I feel embarrassed. ^^;; Ah well, as I write more and (hopefully) research more, maybe that feeling will change... oh yeah, thanks for the tip about the forums-- I'll definitely go try my luck there! I'm called "RedCrest" on there, btw!
Anyway, thank you for the encouragement and advice--best of luck to you, too! What sort of fantasy novel is it? The medieval world at war type, or the elves and faeries type? Maybe we can be writing buddies and bounce ideas off of one another? ^^ Ganbare
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Anyway, about my novel... I have a problem. It's become a freakin' slash fest, which is bad, because I want to be able to show this novel to my friends and family. @_@;; A little homosexuality is fine, of course, and I only meant it to show up here and there in the story... but that's all I'm writing so far. @___@;; Gaaah, maybe I should just scrap it and start again... ;___;
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What's your name on it? Mine is Jello-chan.
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