Would you have survived 200 years ago?

being a white male gives me a great advantage. id start making one scientific discover after another.

Right, because any peasant who says "id" can make one scientific discovery after another. That's not how it works.

Being an outdoor person all my life, I'd say yes. And I could definitely stick to a paleo diet then.

I think my very high pain tolerance would come in extremely useful.
I think my squeamishness about eating meat on the bone or "game" meats would be a big problem.
I would hope to have some basic tools and supplies like a saw, hammer, bucket, rope, needle & thread, etc. Oh and clean water wouldn't hurt!!

do I get to keep my socks? :bigsmile:

I would have died when I contracted meningitis at age 15 months. IF by some miracle I survived then I would have died of mastoiditis one of the two times I've had it. IF by divine grace I survived all that I would have died giving birth to my son (I had a stroke).

Long story short.....no I wouldn't have survived.

Definitely would have survived!! I was a farm kid and my dad's side of the family was Amish. Electricity and cars are a nice convenience, but I could easily give it up. I'm grateful to my ancestors for their life lessons.

I'll stay right where I am, thanks!

(In answer, no. I woulda been screwed)

If you were to suddenly find yourself transported back in time approximately 200 years what skill (that you currently possess) would be most useful? What skill are you lacking that could potentially cause your demise? What one item do you hope you have with you?

I have modern medical knowledge that could be helpful, and would be a way to support myself.

Depending on where I landed, I might need wilderness survival skills, which I have a little of, but maybe not enough.

And I'd be afraid to not have antibiotics, and my asthma meds.
I had a severe lung infection a couple years ago, to the point where I couldn't say a whole sentence or walk more than a few steps w/o stopping to breathe. One of my nursing instructors said that before antibiotics, that would have killed me.
(Yet the ER just gave me a breathing treatment, which I had done at home, and sent me off with a prescription for an antibiotic. How about actually giving me the medicine & at least admitting me overnight, or for a couple days? Maybe I wasn't blue enough.)

ETA: and if I knew this was going to happen, I'd want several months to get all the vaccinations I could, including re-upping my smallpox. I'm old enough to have had it once, have the scar, but it's been so long that I'm sure it wouldn't protect me.

There are some things that I just could NOT live without...heat/AC, washing machine, tampons, showers, etc. I suppose I could survive but I'd be miserable and make everyone around me miserable!