PD 4 APUSH game day 2 notes

Benjamin Silliman

Most important Yale chemist/geologist for 50+ years

Medical issues

malaria, rheumatics, decayed teeth, chills from bad diets, rushed eating, ignoring sanitation

Life expectancy for whites in early 1800s

40 years, less for blacks

Oliver Wendell Holmes

said medicine was better thrown into ocean than given to patients in 1860

Medical progress in 1840s consisted of

creating laughing gas and ether (anesthetic)

Nathaniel Bowditch

mathematician who wrote on navigation skills

Matthew F Maury

oceanographer who wrote about ocean winds and currents, focused on safety, speed, and economy

Louis Agassiz

Harvard professor who studied biology and emphasized original research and memory; carried snakes in his pockets

Asa Gray

Harvard professor who published many books/papers to set scientific standards and clarity

John J. Audubon

illustrated US birds in natural habitat; Audubon society named after him despite him shooting them as a hobby