SUPPLIES

DIAPHORETICs

• Causes people to sweat more
• Believed to get rid of illnesses
• Mainly made of herbs
• Still used in medicine today

Lancets

• Double edged scalpel
• Used for surgery
• They would cut open veins and drain "Bad blood"
• Used in surgery today

"RUSH'S THUNDERCLAPPER" PILLS

• Dr. Rush said they could cure many illnesses
• Ingredients: Calomel- 6 parts mercury to 1 part chlorine and Jalap (jalapeno)
• "Each was a purgative of explosive powder"
• If one didn't work, they could take 2 or 3
• Basically early laxatives

Tourniquets

• Constricting device to control bleeding
• Can cause severe tissue damage
• Used when limbs may have to be amputated

Flannel Shirts

• Took 45 on the journey
• Their initial uniforms wore out
• Made clothes from animal skins
• Traded animal skins for flannel

PORTABLE SOUP

• A thick paste made by boiling down beef, eggs, and vegetables
• Brought 193 pounds
• Cost $289.50
• Only eaten as a last resort
• 33 adults ate about 1 pound a day

HADLEY'S QUADRANT

• Used for making celestial observations
• They used it to find the altitude between the sun and the horizon and therefore determine latitude
• Another name for an "octant"
• Only took one on the trip

CHRONOMETER

• Calculated longitude and time
• Usually a wristwatch
• Most expensive item taken ($250)
• Still bought today ($500-25,000)
• Helped with the cartography

Kentucky Rifles

• Used in War of 1812, Mexican-American War, and Civil War
• 9 pounds, 33 inches long
• Prototypes were taken, used for hunting
• None exist today
• Cost $864.50 - 1,196.27

LONG BARRELED RIFLES

• Fired bullets with compressed air
• Imported from Australia
• 10 pounds, 4 feet long
• One of the most high tech weapons, 50 years ahead of its time
• Had as much power as a modern pistol

MOSQUITO CURTAINS

• Nets placed over tents to keep out bugs
• Didn't know they carried Malaria
• Only found mosquitos annoying
• Widely used today

VERMILION FACE PAINT

• Lewis painted the faces of Shoshone people with this during the expedition as a sign of peace
• It is a bright red paint made by grinding minerals into pigment

Sites used

• http://www.visitmt.com/experiences/history/lewis_and_clark/Camp_Fortunate_O...
• http://lewis-clark.org/content/content-article.asp?ArticleID=1264
• http://lewisandclarktrail.com/medical.htm
• http://lewis-clark.org/content/content-article.asp?ArticleID=2128
• http://www.history.army.mil/LC/The%20Mission/Facts/uniforms.htm