Was taking medicine actually likely to make you more ill in the
19th Century?
Learning Outcomes:
* To understand what patent medicines were.
* To identify the main changes that took place in medicine regulation
in the 19th Century due to government regulation and the chemical and
pharmaceutical revolution.
Video: Quacks and Cures
The Wellcome Trust provide a series of
tasks for students on quackery and accompanying teachers
notes which are of use when providing a background. (Both files are
in pdf format)
Patent Medicines
Patent Medicines are reedies / cures for any kind of ailment. Some were
based on well known, age old, practices whilst others were new creations
that had rather mixed results. See
this Wikipedia page for a history of patent medicines.
Activities:
1) Look at the adverts for Patent Medicines below. Design your own advertisement
for a patent medicine.
2) Search the internet for images / adverts for patent medicines. Post
a brief description / note and an image of the medicine on this sharing
site.
Images of Patent Medicines
