Lily Peters
10-31-14
Caring for Colonist
Colonist had trouble realizing what caused sickness because they didn't have medicine. Most the the time they thought that sickness had been caused by spells. They made homemade remedies. Some of the remedies were made out of herbs. One of the remedies was so smelly that it was called the devil's dung. There were no hospitals and very few doctors. Mothers that had babies who were teething put a necklace of wolf teeth around their necks. It helps with pain. When they had a fever they would do bloodletting. They would cut the veins and let blood flow out even if could be fatal. They believed in it so much that if a doctor couldn't show up they would do it themselves. Caring for colonists was very dangerous.
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