Word. Mostly, we don't get--really don't get--the effects not merely of contagious and infectious disease pre-antibiotics, but we fail in general, to grasp the implications and effects of life in a society pre-mid-20th century medicine.
Not only are so many things treatable and controllable that once weren't, but we have much better idea about what causes health problems in the first place. There was a somewhat better knowledge of medicine in 1850 than in 1650--but nor much. This was an issue that they felt in their bones, and we're past that now.
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Date: 2006-04-26 05:40 pm (UTC)Not only are so many things treatable and controllable that once weren't, but we have much better idea about what causes health problems in the first place. There was a somewhat better knowledge of medicine in 1850 than in 1650--but nor much. This was an issue that they felt in their bones, and we're past that now.