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What Is The Role Of Industrialization In The 1800's

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The industrialization that occurred in the northern United States during the mid-to- late 1800's drastically changed the face of the working class and the urban landscape. "These years were some in which science and invention progressed rapidly and created a base for growth in all phases of the economy – transportation, communication, agriculture, mining, and manufacturing" (Axinn & Stern, 2005, p. 84). During the war there was an increase in the output of war goods and an increase in prices of food and clothing which encouraged industrialization. Since the demand for labor increased, there was influx of both immigrants from other countries and migrants from rural to urban areas. Industrialization, in conjunction with territorial expansion …show more content…

The residual formulation believes that "there are two natural channels through which an individual's needs are met: the family and the market economy" (Wilensky & Lebeaux, 1965, p. 139). There was very little, if any, formal social welfare institutions that helped with health care. Health was general attended to by family members. There was a lack of availability, and trust, of physicians; and as a result, many Americans depended on self-help books and familial knowledge to treat illnesses. There was a belief in "every man's ability to be his own physician" (Wrynn, 2007). A widespread distrust of physicians stemmed from their painful treatments which included bloodletting and purgatives. In addition, "the continuing influence of graduates from poorly equipped proprietary medical schools and the inability of the American Medical Association, founded in 1847, to control the training and licensing of physicians sent many Americans to alternative sources for medical treatment" (Wrynn, 2007). Books such as Thomas Ewell's American Family Physician in 1824 and Margaret Moore's Advice to Young Mothers on the Physical Education of Children in 1833, served as guides for mothers to treat illnesses within their families (Wrynn, 2007). During this time, there were illnesses that came to American from other countries. Some of these illness were endemic elsewhere but could easily become epidemic in the United States because there was lack of ability and understanding among the few physicians and the colonists (Rosenberg, 2008). Examples of epidemics during this period include massive outbreaks of cholera and yellow fever. Trade and immigration influenced the spread of disease at this time because the growing number of people and ships brought in a large variety of new pathogens (Rosenberg, 2008). Despite these illnesses being widespread, dealing with them was predominantly a family concern before the growth of

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