Disease Day: Will You Live or Will You Die?
- Cost:
- $5 for the general public; free for members
- Granger House Cultural Center and Museum
- 970 10th Street, Marion, 52302 United States
Additional Information
Cholera, small pox, diphtheria, measles, tuberculosis, influenza, and other diseases were often a part of family life in the late 1800s. The Grangers knew this all too well, as disease took three of their children. Today these diseases can mostly be controlled, with small pox being eradicated. But back then they were a probable death sentence. What were the cures then? Did they have any validity?
Join Granger House treasurer Barb Trujillo as she guides you through the diseases of the time and the “cures.” Smoking cigarettes cures Cholera? Sewing thread cures small pox? What were the survival rates?
This interactive event starts when you enter the Granger House. You will be assigned a disease. Barb will take you through the germ-infested history, and you will get symptoms of your disease. You will get sicker. And sicker. Will you try some of the more bizarre treatments? Will you just ride it out and hope you recover? How desperate are you? Will you live? Will you die? You’ll find out in the end when your fate is revealed.