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5: Brief Constructed Response Justin Eaton

We use machines, well developed science, and much knowledge and experiences of the nature
of health to get where we are today. This was not always the case though. Our ancestors have tried
almost everything to aid in diseases and disorders. If you had an infection in your arm, your only chance
of survival was to have an operation to cut off the whole arm, or it is death. We have gained more
experience in delivering babies. In the 1900s, babies morality rate was 165 per 1,000, compared to 7
per 1,000 in 1997. Further ago it was much higher. Of every 1,000 children born in early eighteenth-
century London, over 350, perhaps 400 would be dead within two years, and fully half of all London
burials throughout the century were of children. Present day is much better in technology, which we use
to monitor our vital signs, to stay healthy. Living conditions has changed drastically since then and now