Medicine of Colonial America

In one (1) to two (2) paragraphs, address one (1) of the following options:

• Describe how colonial Americans viewed disease, health, and healing. What roles did they ascribe to God and man in maintaining health and fighting disease?

Writing Requirements

• An Initial Post discussing one of the options provided, or a topic of your choice.
• Use two scholarly sources for your Initial Post. All material within the course room can be cited and referenced as needed.
• One follow-up response post to a peer or your professor.
• Follow appropriate APA citation guidelines. Here are two excellent resources:
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• Please be advised that History.com, Wiki, Wikipedia, or websites such as cliffnotes.com, studymode.com, coursehero.com, and the like are not deemed scholarly sources.

Recommended sources: ( if you can’t click the link please let me know so I can send it to you)

Hutchinson, D.L. (2022, March 15).

. In American Health and Wellness in Archaeology and History. University Press of Florida.Reff, D. T. (2018).

. In Health and Medicine in U.S. History. Tannenbaum, R. J. (2018).

. In Health and Medicine in U.S. History. Purdy, E. (2016).

. In Handbook to Life in America: Beginnings to 1783.

. (2020). In Celebrating Women in American History. Harris, S. (2024).

. In Encyclopedia of American Environmental History (2nd ed.). Delbourgo, J. (2017).

. In Colonization and Settlement (3rd ed.). Harris, D. (1939).

. California and Western Medicine, 51(1), 3538.