cholera

• In what specific year is the study of disease focused?


  1848
• What are the actual causes of disease mentioned in the material?

  • Dirty water
  • Germ theory barely believed
• What beliefs about the cause of disease were prevalent during this time?

  • Miasma
  • Bad air causing cholera
  • Spontaneous generation
• What was the death rate associated with the disease mentioned?


  50% death rate
• What are some symptoms of the disease described?

  • Dehydration
  • Extreme sickness
  • Diarrhoea
  • Stomach cramps
  • Go blue/black nails
• How did the disease affect the body's organs?

  It caused organs to shut down by rejecting water
• What supernatural (religious) treatments were used for the disease?

  • Smelling nice things
  • Cleaning the street
• What natural (medical) treatments were attempted for the disease?

  • Trying to give them water
  • 1848 Health Act
• What were the short and long-term impacts of the disease?

  Short-term:

  • High death rate

  
  

  Long-term:

  • Increased belief in germ theory
  • Knowledge on how to treat it
• Who is a key person linked to the study of cholera?


  John Snow
• What did John Snow find regarding cholera?


  He found the actual cause for cholera