A Doctor's Perspective On Illnesses From The 1950s

Illnesses from the 50's were not as bad as the Spanish flu, which I assume was in the early 1900's.

The common illnesses for people back in the 1950's were scarlet fever, diphtheria, typhoid fever, yellow fever, rheumatic fever, pellagra, influenza, smallpox, and cholera.

For some people it was not surprising or was even expected that children died from measles or from a whooping cough.

A doctor from Chicago states that these illnesses from the 50s were feared as much as the public feared AIDS back in the 80's or 90's.

When someone catches the scarlet fever they do not feel good at all, they become pale, have a red rash, and a pallor around the mouth. After this they just die.

As you know many people in this time period were cautious about illnesses like the pandemic today.

Although there were still many people who did not take diseases seriously nor believed in them since they have not gotten them yet.

Others were forgetful about these illnesses or were not careful enough and still got either one of them or who knows many of them.

Personally, I think humans need to do better at keeping clean and being cautious about any sickness no matter if it is a minor one or a deadly illness.

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