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Herbs and medicines

LC to make links between the lives of people in the 17th Century and today

We are now going to learn about the history of medicine and the people who might have helped you get better in the 17th Century.

Your first task is to read the names and medicinal uses of the herbs from the 17th Century on the chart your teacher has given you. Now put your herbs into the correct box.
Your teacher will help you decide where they go.

Now talk to the person next to you about the kinds of medicine you could use today to cure each illness.

Record your ideas on the sheet with your herbs on and record the names of medicines that you would use today to cure those problems.

As they did not have doctors, a long time ago, people in Lancashire would visit the local Wise Woman to get cures for illnesses and accidents. The Wise Woman would suggest cures we cannot find at the doctors or pharmacist today.

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