Transcript File - Mrs. Weimer`s 5th Grade Class

Presented by: Brian Rodriguez
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Appetizer
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White-peace & honesty
Red-hardiness, bravery, strength & valor
Blue - vigilance, truth and loyalty, perseverance & justice
 The red cross of Saint George, the patron saint of England, edged in
white
 The diagonal red lines are the cross of Saint Patrick the patron saint of
Ireland
 The diagonal white lines are the cross of Saint Andrew, the patron saint
of Scotland
Main Dish
 Colonial America’s Diseases
 Typhoid Fever
 Malaria
 Smallpox
 Diphtheria
 Scarlet Fever
 Measles
Typhoid Fever
 Cause
 Contamination from human waste
 Caused by different types of Salmonella
 Symptoms
 High fever, weakness, headache, stomach pains,
and a rash of flat and red-colored spots
Typhoid Fever
 Prevention
 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.
 Treatment
 Typhoid fever was left untreated and people would be sick for three
weeks to a month and they would get sick over and over again.
Malaria
 Cause
 A parasite is introduced into a person by a
mosquito bite.
 Symptoms
 High grade fever, shaking chills, severe head
aches and body aches, weakness, vomiting,
diarrhea, cough, chest pain, stomach pain,
convulsions, coma, or hallucinations
Malaria
 Prevention
 People who lived near the swamps and water could not
prevent themselves from the chance of getting Malaria.
 Treatment
 There 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 Pox
 Cause
 Smallpox was highly infectious and people
transferred it from person to person by direct
contact
 Symptoms
 Fever, headache, muscle ache, backache,
nausea, vomiting, skin sores, blindness,
bacterial skin infections and fatal pneumonia
Small Pox
 Prevention
 To stop Small Pox, people stayed away from infected
people.
 Treatment
 Some 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.
Diphtheria
 Cause
 Caused by a bacteria that makes toxins that
circulate through the blood and damage the
heart.
 Symptoms
 Sore throat, swollen tonsils, fever, difficulty
breathing, dry cough, coma, face swelling, and
then death from suffocating
Diphteria
 Prevention
 To stop Diphteria, people stayed away from
infected people
 Treatment
 This disease was fatal for children during
colonial times.
Scarlet Fever
 Cause
 This disease is caused by strep bacteria
 Is highly infectious and people transferred it from
person to person by direct contact
 Symptoms
 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 Fever
 Prevention
 To stop Scarlet Fever, people stayed away from
infected people
 Treatment
 Some treatments used emetics, calomel, purges,
gargles, and certain drinks
Measles
 Cause
 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.
 Symptoms
 Runny nose, cough, fever, red eyes, rash on
entire body, white spots on gums and cheeks
Measles
 Prevention
 To stop Measles, people stayed away from infected
people
 Treatment
 They used treatments with bloodletting, vomiting,
diluting drinks, blisters, and drugs (opiates).
Summary
 Living in Colonial America was very hard
 People 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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