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Main DishColonial America’s Diseases

Typhoid FeverMalariaSmallpoxDiphtheriaScarlet FeverMeasles

Typhoid FeverCause

Contamination from human wasteCaused by different types of Salmonella

SymptomsHigh fever, weakness, headache,

stomach pains, and a rash of flat and red-colored spots

Typhoid FeverPrevention

When there was a break out of Typhoid Fever people stayed home.

They could not stop the disease because during colonial times they did not have sewage disposal. They also had open markets and dirty wells that spread the disease.

TreatmentTyphoid fever was left untreated and people would be

sick for three weeks to a month and they would get sick over and over again.

MalariaCause

A parasite is introduced into a person by a mosquito bite.

SymptomsHigh grade fever, shaking chills, severe

head aches and body aches, weakness, vomiting, diarrhea, cough, chest pain, stomach pain, convulsions, coma, or hallucinations

MalariaPrevention

People who lived near the swamps and water could not prevent themselves from the chance of getting Malaria.

TreatmentThere was no cure for malaria and victims

were sometimes treated with herbal medicines such as betony, mustard, St. John's Wort, wormwood and foxglove.

People who have had Malaria can get it again several more times in their lives.

Small PoxCause

Smallpox was highly infectious and people transferred it from person to person by direct contact

SymptomsFever, headache, muscle ache,

backache, nausea, vomiting, skin sores, blindness, bacterial skin infections and fatal pneumonia

Small PoxPrevention

To stop Small Pox, people stayed away from infected people.

TreatmentSome doctors believed in inoculation.

People would cut themselves on both arms and expose themselves to the virus on purpose.

They would be sick for almost 2 months.

DiphtheriaCause

Caused by a bacteria that makes toxins that circulate through the blood and damage the heart.

SymptomsSore throat, swollen tonsils, fever,

difficulty breathing, dry cough, coma, face swelling, and then death from suffocating

DiphteriaPrevention

To stop Diphteria, people stayed away from infected people

TreatmentThis disease was fatal for children

during colonial times.

Scarlet FeverCause

This disease is caused by strep bacteriaIs highly infectious and people transferred it

from person to person by direct contactSymptoms

Sore throat, or strep throat, fever, vomiting, rash on the neck and chest , peeling on the fingertips and toes, chills, headache, stomach pain and muscle aches.

Scarlet FeverPrevention

To stop Scarlet Fever, people stayed away from infected people

TreatmentSome treatments used emetics, calomel,

purges, gargles, and certain drinks

MeaslesCause

Measles is caused by a virus mostly in the lungs.

This disease is highly contagious and can be spread by the mucus of a sick person when they sneeze, cough or talk to you.

SymptomsRunny nose, cough, fever, red eyes, rash on

entire body, white spots on gums and cheeks

MeaslesPrevention

To stop Measles, people stayed away from infected people

TreatmentThey used treatments with bloodletting,

vomiting, diluting drinks, blisters, and drugs (opiates).

SummaryLiving in Colonial America was very hardPeople did not always have good food to eat

to stay healthy. They did not have fresh fruits or vegetables for vitamins that we need to be healthy.

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