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What were 5 diseases medicines and treatments in the new world during the 1700s?
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∙ 17y ago
1. Whooping Cough. Treated with Sarsaparilla roots by the Penobcot indians. Roots were boiled and tea was sipped. 2. Mecury Chloride aka "Calomel". Was used to "clean" patient from toxins or poisoning by causing bloody stool, vomiting, excessive salivation. 3.Peruvian Bark aka "Chincona" Boiled as a tea to treat fevers. 4. Onions. Boiled;steamed near patient or placed by patients bed to treat colds. 5. Blood-letting Used to get rid of "bad" blood containing yellow fever or various "other" contaminates.
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∙ 9y agoOne medicine that was developed in the 1700s was a vaccine for a smallpox. Some other medicine or cure that came about in the 1700s were that fruit would prevent scurvy, a treatment for dropsy's was found, and anesthetic is discovered. A surgery for appendectomy was performed during the 1700s.
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∙ 13y agoThe 5 diseases,medicines,and treatments used in the 1700's and the mortality rate for early settlers is 0.
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yes
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Don't get it in the first place
What was currency in Britain during the 1700s?
What was currency in Britain during the 1700s?
What was in medicine in the 1700's?
Alcohol was a common ingredient in medicines in the 1700s (as it still is today).
How were diseases treated in the 1700s?
exercise or diet (eating lemons and oranges)
What was the official church of England during the 1700s?
The Anglican Church was the official church of England during the 1700s.
What was the official church England during the 1700s?
The Anglican Church was the official church of England during the 1700s.
When in the 1700s?
Pope Clement XI was the Pope sometime during the 1700s.
Common diseases in 1700s?
Smallpox, Yellow Fever, Typhoid, Malaria, and Cholera
What were the main diseass in the 1700s?
The main diseases in the 1700s were Smallpox, Typhus, Typhoid, Dysentery, Scarlet Fever, Influenza, Yellow Fever, Diphtheria, and Malaria.
What were diseases in the New World during the 1700s?
Some of the sicknesses in the 16 century (1700-1799) were: Influenza, Whooping Cough, Typhiod, Tuberculosis, Yellow Fever, Black Plague, and Smallpox.
What currency was used in America during the 1700s?
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