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  "url": "https://theconversation.com/how-did-it-feel-to-be-an-american-colonist-in-1776-probably-itchy-achy-and-slightly-nauseated-277153",
  "title": "How did it feel to be an American colonist in 1776? Probably itchy, achy and slightly nauseated",
  "summary": "The medical tools of the Revolutionary period help flesh out the picture of what physical well-being felt like for people living in the American colonies 250 years ago.",
  "authors": "Katherine Ott, Curator of Medicine and Science, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "healthcare",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": "us",
  "published_at": "2026-07-02T12:47:46.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-07-14T16:11:46.979Z",
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  "source_name": "The Conversation Technology",
  "source_homepage": "https://theconversation.com/us/technology",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/2586",
  "original_url": "https://theconversation.com/how-did-it-feel-to-be-an-american-colonist-in-1776-probably-itchy-achy-and-slightly-nauseated-277153",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
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