{"id":3837,"date":"2018-06-30T11:07:53","date_gmt":"2018-06-30T11:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/?page_id=3837"},"modified":"2026-05-28T16:07:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T16:07:18","slug":"was-taking-medicine-actually-going-to-make-you-ill-in-the-19th-century","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/medicine-through-time\/medicine-through-time-teachers-resources\/was-taking-medicine-actually-going-to-make-you-ill-in-the-19th-century\/","title":{"rendered":"Was taking medicine actually going to make you ill in the 19th century?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Was taking medicine actually likely to make you more ill in the
\n19th Century?<\/h2>\n

Learning Outcomes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

* To understand what patent medicines were.
\n* To identify the main changes that took place in medicine regulation
\nin the 19th Century due to government regulation and the chemical and
\npharmaceutical revolution.<\/p>\n

Video: Quacks and Cures<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Wellcome Trust provide a series of
\ntasks for student<\/a>s on quackery and accompanying teachers
\nnotes<\/a> which are of use when providing a background. (Both files are
\nin pdf format)<\/p>\n

Patent Medicines<\/strong><\/p>\n

Patent Medicines are reedies \/ cures for any kind of ailment. Some were
\nbased on well known, age old, practices whilst others were new creations
\nthat had rather mixed results. See
\nthis Wikipedia page for a history of patent medicines<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Activities:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1) Look at the adverts for Patent Medicines below. Design your own advertisement
\nfor a patent medicine.<\/p>\n

2) Search the internet for images \/ adverts for patent medicines. Post
\na brief description \/ note and an image of the medicine on this sharing
\nsite<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Images of Patent Medicines<\/strong><\/p>\n

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