Fatigue In The Late 19th Century

In 19th Century England, living conditions were horrible for the poor. If you didn’t have enough money to stay out of poverty you were heading into a harsh and unforgiving life as a person in the slums. People took poison to escape the horrors that a poor person could easily slip into. Both adults and little children drank gin and beer because of all of the sewage and garbage dumped into the rivers. For the many, many poor people there was often no clean water and people went to the bathroom in ‘bathroom’ privies that everyone in the slums used outside. At least half of the poor children died before their fifth birthday. In contrast, the wealthy could have mansions with servants, grand food, and clean drinking water. On top of all of this,

The Changes In Medicine In The Nineteenth Century The nineteenth century was one of the most important eras in the history of medicine as many new cures and technologies were discovered. At the beginning, many poor people still lived in houses without proper sanitation, worked in dangerous factories and drank water from polluted rivers. By the end of the century, social conditions had improved, medicine was more complex, treatments were more widely offered and technology was more advanced along with many other improvements. But why did these changes occur?

The years following the Civil War and Reconstruction era was a time period that was somewhat gilded. The Second Industrial Revolution came bearing new inventions, and revolutionized how factories and jobs were worked. In this time period, factory workers were faced with unpleasant working conditions, abuse, pay cuts and the reality of having little to no power. The mass immigration also did them no favor as they were found easy to replace. In order to fight against these unjust acts, laborers would join labor unions in order to protest; however during the time of 1875 and 1900, the labor unions were not that effective. Although they had their efforts, many did utilize the advantages in which were available to them. There were many reasons for the movements initial downfall; they suffered failed strikes resulting from rash violence, unbalanced power between employers and employees, and the absence of government.

During the industrial revolution in Britain, the usage of child labourers dramatically increased as it became a cheap and easy form of labour. This lead to the continued abuse of many children in textile factories. In 1833, the Factory Act of 1833 was put forth which dictated that no children under the age of nine would work. Children ages nine to thirteen wouldn’t work more than nine hours a day and children ages thirteen to eighteen wouldn’t work more than twelve hours a day. In addition it introduced the circulation of four factory inspectors who were to enforce the new legislation. They were to certify whether children had received their compulsory education of two hours each day and report conditions to the government. This act brought forth attention and sparked debates from the public which made stronger note of the working conditions for children.

During the 1890s seemed to show cessation in both political and public forms. The presidency of William McKinley changed the course of not only the United States, but the course of many other countries as well. President McKinley was the last president that served in the Civil War. In the year of 1897 the most important issue became the welfare of Cuba. During this time Cuba was in a constant state of revolt. For ten years from 1868 to 1878 President Ulysses S. Grant and the Secretary of State Hamilton Fish stayed out of the conflict of Cuba. During the year of 1878 Spain discontinued one rebellion with a paper peace, but Spain would not let go of the land it had under its control.

Post-traumatic stress disorder. Battle fatigue. Shell shock. All of these are names of mental disorders that soldiers come home with. The damage is caused by war. “What they [the soldiers] have seen and been forced to do is frequently so horrific and devastating that it simply cannot be tolerated by the human psyche” (xiii). The consciences of soldiers that participate in war can’t handle what they have seen and done, causing disorders such as the ones above. Soldier’s heart is similar to the aforementioned ailments. During the civil war, “Some men came through combat unscathed. Most did not. These men were somehow different from other men. They were said to have soldier’s heart.” A soldier has soldier’s heart when they come back from war harmed

Concussion effects your ability to learn. Because all the interruption after-concussion, many doctors often require a lot of days of rest during the time you have concussion. Which you can't read nothing, do nothing on computer or anything like that, or any other work making insistence of brain power(Turton 1).Very few concussions require more than four weeks recovery time.  Rehabilitation duration over four weeks lacks more cooperative scholar and therapeutic interference and resources outside the school academic adaption instead of easily academic standardization(Matthew 2).An impingement to the brain discombobulate processes on a cellular level. Injured, and also trying to recover from the injury, brain cells become less capable as they fight to restore balance(Matthew 3).

Throughout history many people, such as politicians, officials, and generals, have been noted to have molded the United States, neglecting the fact that workers have also played an important role in shaping this nation’s history. During the 1870s to the 1930s, laborers faced many hardships; they had trouble keeping their jobs, had their wages decreased, and were forced to work sixty-hour weeks without insurance. Over time, workers began to feel aggravated by their employers’ demands and began to voice their opinions. Only by forming into unions and standing up to what employers’ thought was “freedom” in the workplace were the laborers able to change working conditions more favorable for them.

Mental Health In The 1800s Towards the mid 1700s some of the first mental health one of the first mental institutions was formed in 1773 In Williamsburg Virginia on 8 lots in James city county known first as “The public hospital for persons of insane and disordered minds run by John Minson Galt.(wiki) Governor Francis Fauquier of Virginia had proposed the concept of a state hospital when the overwhelming capacity of dependent people including beggars, vagrants, elderly, and the handicapped who were being dealt with in a haphazard and unsystematic fashion by local officials. During the rise of what is now known as Eastern State hospital the belief of the era was that mental disorders where in result

The working conditions in 1800’s factories were terrible. These factories were vats for diseases, sickness, and injury. They had overly long hours and minimal breaks. The people in working in these factories must have been mad.

Once the rebellions and strikes settled down in the nineteenth-century people could continue working and could have the ability to have major success while working. There were favorable outcomes in terms of money, workers needs, and the ability to spread the political power around so it was not be concentrated and owned by one person or company for each prospective market. While the decrease in strikes, eight-hour workdays, and compensation for some workers’ considered to have made gains in the labor workforce, it actually was the opposite. Problems still surfaced such as, the division of the workforce ethnically and racially, an increase in immigrants, and the enlargement of wealth for the important political figures and the people in command.

Once the rebellions and strikes settled down in the nineteenth-century people could continue working and could have the ability to have major success while working. There were favorable outcomes in terms of money, workers needs, and the ability to spread the political power around so it was not concentrated and owned by one person or company for each prospective market. While the decrease in strikes, eight-hour workdays, and compensation for some workers looked to have made gain in the labor workforce, it actually was the opposite. Problems still surfaced like the division of the workforce ethnically and racially, increase in immigrants, and the enlargement of wealth for the big political figures and the people in command.

In the decades prior to 1914 there was a growing restlessness in European society. Established political theories were being challenged and undermined. Liberal ideas, free trade and parliamentary government seemed inadequate during a time known as the Age of the Masses. Industrialization and the growth of cities transformed Europe. The second Industrial Revolution after the 1880s placed increasing emphasis on electricity, oil, chemicals and the internal combustion engine. The new production methods improved efficiency but also created uncertainty and bitterness among the workers. The automobile, airplane, typewriter and the telephone impacted businesses. The radio and the cinema impacted leisure activities but were also used for propaganda.

The Factory Act, 1833 was an attempt to set up a normal working day in

The first half of the 19th century was a time of sweeping changes. With transportation, and factories increasing, North America was in for a major upgrade. While all of those things are going on, the two regions that made up the growing nation was the North and South. These two sides were very different in their approach of lifestyle which would soon lead to conflicts. Two issues stood out more than others as the North and South headed towards civil war. One reason increase of tariffs and taxes the Congress placed on the south to ship goods to other countries. The other was the idea of keeping slavery in the country. The tariffs placed economic inequality between the northern states and the southern states.