Oct, 2015

Miss Jackie, Tour Guide in Jamestown Recreation. Interview. Jamestown Settlement: n.p., 2015. Print.

“Burns were often injuries for blacksmiths. They also got Black Lung from the coal, but know one knew that, so they might have called it consumption.”

“Healers kept recipes a secret, so know one really knows what was used in potions.” 

Oct 22, 2015

Colonial Williamsburg

“One of the main reasons the surgery wasn’t advanced back then, was because of religion. Autopsies were what would make the surgeon have more of an understanding on what they are cutting up. The church, said that performing an autopsy would make the persons soul pretty much be destroyed.” (Colonial Surgeon, Mr. John)