APOTHECARY IN COLONIAL AMERICA
Sopo ean, Ma ia
6, T aian Vuia S .
7000 BUCHAREST
ROMANIA
D aganescu, D.
So oceanu, V.
Dumi escu, I.
Medicine in Colonial Ame ica was a om he science i is oday. All heo ies o
medicine a he ime we e based on he no ion ha diseases we e caused by an
imbalance in body "humo s" o luids. To ea an illness hey ei he added luids o
d ained hem away.
We made a compa ison o he in o ma ion ound in se e al a icles published in USA
ega ding he ea men , he d ugs and he mos impo an heal h issues o he pe iod.
In ou s udy we p esen a ew cha ac e is ics o he medecine in ha pe iod o ime: i
was based on empi ical obse a ions, diseases we e classi ied by hei symp moms, no
hei causes, he big heal h issues o he day we e no hea disease, cance , obesi y o
diabe es, hey we e smallpox, mala ia and childhood illnesses.
The mos used d ugs we e eme ics and diu e ics, opia es and quinine.
Mos pa ien s we e ea ed in hei homes; public heal h was i ualy unknown in No h
Ame ica.