Cholera

Cholera is a condition that is spread by eating food and drinking water that is contaminated with human feces. Individuals who contract cholera mostly suffer from vomiting, severe diarrhea, and cramps. These people may even die from dehydration within short periods of a few hours or even days following the appearance of the first symptoms. Cholera epidemics began as early as 1830s killing several US citizens, particularly Ohioans. Cholera is believed to have arrived in the US in 1832 with European immigrants and businessmen who had traveled across Lake Erie. The people who lived in the Cleveland area were the first ones in Ohio to contract cholera. This disease was more virulent in the cities because these places had poor sanitation systems.…

and Preventing Cholera Outbreak Cholera is a bacterial, diarrheal disease particularly rampant in developing countries where water sanitation is lacking. The focus of this paper is primarily on cholera’s outbreak history and disastrous effects on populations. This paper also discusses varying solutions that have been implemented in numerous countries with a focus on vaccine use in Haiti, one of the poorest countries in the world with a turbulent history, versus long-term water safety solutions…

Problem: The Haitian Cholera Outbreak We have made many leaps and bounds towards a healthier future, mostly in part due to scientific research, immediate international cooperation, and the proper allocation of resources. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention has tracked and confirmed the eradication of worldwide diseases such as smallpox. This also includes the reduction in prevalence for diseases such as measles through aggressive immunization campaigns. We have come to address the…

The Cholera Epidemics of the 19th century clearly revealed a crises over immigration, ethnicity, poverty and class. Many blamed the underprivileged and impoverished as the root cause and spread of the disease without taking note of (now) commonly understood biological and sanitary factors. Today modern science can reveal the microbiological cause of cholera, but during the antebellum period, the spread of disease was blamed mostly and unfairly on the presumed behavioral shortcomings of…

The Outbreak of Cholera in Haiti Ayva Rodriguez Felician College The Outbreak of Cholera in Haiti It’s been almost 5 years since the cholera epidemic in Haiti affected thousands of people that even until now the pathogenic organism are still around claiming the lives of Haitian individual ("Combat Cholera," 2014). Cholera may have been around during the time of the Greek physician “…Hippocrates (460-377 BCE) and the Indian peninsula” as their record indicates the similarity of the disease…

In order to determine how a patient contracted cholera, steps need to be taken to determine where they contracted it. Cholera is a bacteria called Vibrio cholera (Harris et al. 2008), which is found in water and food that has been contaminated with feces from an infected individual. The disease can be found in municipal water supplies, foods and drinks sold by street vendors, raw or uncooked fish or vegetables frown in water containing human feces (O’Neal et al. 2005). It is typically found in…

Introduction Before physician John Snow, it was common knowledge that cholera was an contagious airborne disease. The UCLA Department of Epidemiology, (http://www.ph.ucla.edu/epi/snow/snowcricketarticle.html), states that in 1854, there was a severe cholera outbreak in England, killing over 600 people. John Snow’s analyzed the sewage lines in London, and found that sewage was dumped into the Thames River, which contaminated the water supply. Through experimentation, he determined that the…

When the first threat of cholera in New York City appeared in the form of the “Atlanta” in October 1865, Dr. Nelson North published “On epidemic cholera: the phenomena, causes, prevention, and treatment, with appendix relating to the Brooklyn city sewerage” in response. Dr. North was a surgeon to the metropolitan police as well as a consulting surgeon to the Williamsburgh Dispensary. These titles afforded Dr. North a level of respect and prestige, which allowed him to publish his paper and…

Alysha Katterheinrich Cholera Imagine having to drink dirty, brown, and bitter water. Unfortunately, many people in poor areas have no other choice. These people often get cholera. The virus Vibrio cholerae can spread very easily amongst people that live in poorer areas without clean water. In the history of cholera they knew the symptoms but had yet to learn how to treat it. Throughout history, cholera has caused many problems for mankind. Thankfully, some people, like John Snow, have…

Thesis/introduction-- not done The most famous theory on the transmission of cholera was developed by john snow. Although no longer a theory but actual facts backed by evidence, it took many years to get to this point. (I don’t like this wording --) John Snow faced many critiques in the midst of his research. Even when he proposed the removal of the pump, and the number of deaths declined, people still questioned it. London was not the first city to ever experience a cholera outbreak.…