1. What was it like in the 18oos?
Chemistry I Class

2. Illnesses Chicken Pox Diphtheria Measles Mumps Scarlet Fever
Whooping Cough
Poliomyelitis

3. Illnesses, what were they?
a viral infection in which a person develops extremely itchy blisters all over the body.
Chicken Pox –
Diphtheria –
Measles –
Mumps –
Scarlet Fever -
Whooping Cough –
Poliomyelitis -
an acute infectious disease caused by the bacteria Corynebacterium diphtheriae
very contagious (easily spread) illness caused by a virus
contagious disease that leads to painful swelling of the salivary glands
caused by infection with the group A Streptococcus bacteria
contagious, cyclical disease
a viral disease that can affect nerves and can lead to partial or full paralysis.

4. What medicines were used then?
“Nearly all men die of their medicines, not of their diseases.” ~Moliere
Cocaine
(Medical) Heroin
Mostly herbs
Used with inorganic compounds

5. What is in the medicine? synthesized from morphine
Cocaine
Leaves of cocoa plants
hydrophilic and lipophilic efficiency
Heroin
synthesized from morphine
a derivative of the opium poppy

6. OUTCOME OF THE DRUG Cocaine Heroin
A stimulant of the central nervous system
An appetite suppressant
A topical anesthetic
Heroin
Used to treat severe pain
Also called diacetylmorphine

7. What natural items did they use?
Bacon
Pepper
Hot Water
Bark
Bethroot
Egg White
Blackberry Roots
Whiskey
Tobacco

8. Why use natural items
Bethroot was used for bloody cough, climacteric, diabetes
Blackberry Roots were used to treat sore throats, mouth ulcers and gum inflammations
Hot Water was to drink for sore throats
Tabbacco was often used to tie around wounds

9. Extra facts! Only 6 disease could be cured Millions died of diseases
Medicines did not work as well as predicted
The morality rate currently, with malaria drugs, is about 1.6 million world wide
Musca Domestica, filth flies, kill more people than do mosquitos by moving diseases to people that otherwise would not be exposed.

10. Recommended websites
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