Response to malaria during American Revolution (11 mars 1765 av. J.-C. – 11 mars 1783)

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It was believed that malaria was caused by “bad air”, hence the name mal-aria (bad-air), most public health actions focused on avoiding or purifying bad air. For example, people were advised to avoid swamps at all costs and get fresh air often. They were also advised to burn frankincense (to improve immune system function) and to avoid wearing dead peoples’ clothes. Although physicians attempted curing their patients in a multitude of different ways including making their patients eat spiders, drink their own urine, draining large amounts of their blood, and even tying one’s head to a tree trunk and yanking their hair out (as to leave the disease on the tree with their hair)

(The History of Malaria in the United States: How It Spread, How It Was Treated, and Public Responses, 2016)

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