Disease in colonial America was a very dangerous unknown entity with very few remedies at the beginning of Colonial America. Throughout Colonial America many diseases came, some deadly and others treatable but all had in common, that they were the first diseases that were seen by the new country. The most common way to purge one of any disease was blood letting. The method was crude due to the initial lack of knowledge about infection and disease among medical practitioners. The diseases helped shape modern medicine and doctors, and allowed colonists to broaden their knowledge and experience with what was virtually unknown at the time.
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