The Good Old Days--they Were Terrible!Looks at the negative aspects of American society between the 1860s and the early 1900s, including housing, education, food, travel, work, and health, illustrated with contemporary cartoons, prints, and photographs. |
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Page 126
... frontier , corn kept the pioneers from starving and en- abled them to push onward ; with- out it the Great Migration , some believe , would have taken hundred years . But although it yielded sustenance , corn did not provide an adequate ...
... frontier , corn kept the pioneers from starving and en- abled them to push onward ; with- out it the Great Migration , some believe , would have taken hundred years . But although it yielded sustenance , corn did not provide an adequate ...
Page 140
... frontier regions , the settlers ' strength was sapped by malaria . Frontier doctors were unable to combat infantile diseases . Hard life and lack of medical care kept child mortality at high rate . 1 A frontiersman , lacking doctor's ...
... frontier regions , the settlers ' strength was sapped by malaria . Frontier doctors were unable to combat infantile diseases . Hard life and lack of medical care kept child mortality at high rate . 1 A frontiersman , lacking doctor's ...
Page 141
... frontier had indigenous afflictions beyond the epidemics that ranged in effect from nui- sance to agony . Chief among these was the malarial fever known as the ague , which con- signed its victims to severe chills and trembling . Few ...
... frontier had indigenous afflictions beyond the epidemics that ranged in effect from nui- sance to agony . Chief among these was the malarial fever known as the ague , which con- signed its victims to severe chills and trembling . Few ...
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