Cholera

airborne. Waterborne was spread when waste contaminated the drinking, and bathing water which was often the river. Airborne was spread just through breathing the same air as a contaminated person so these were most often contracted. One of these was cholera, which began to spread in 1830 and was a waterborne bacterium. This disease has been detrimentally life threatening often “...two or three died of diarrhea, which increased in intensity and became accompanied by painful retching; thirst and…

the spread of diseases such flu, cholera, malaria and many other diseases. It is important for environmental health practitioners to study urbanization and know how to prevent these diseases in future. Key words: urbanization and communicable…

fame as a Heroine grew worldwide; at times she would carry out operations on people suffering from knife and gunshot wounds. She was also the first to used cinnamon’s essential oil which possess antimicrobial properties to alleviate the symptoms of cholera which was affiliated from consuming dirty water or contaminated food (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov,…

People walked by the side of the caravan in poorly made shoes which led to their feet always being bloody or covered in blisters. People couldn't ride in the wagons because it was packed with things and unpleasant. The largest killer was disease. Cholera (which is a disease that results in diarrhea and cramps) was spread through unclean water supplies was almost inevitable. Head lice were also common for people rarely took baths. The weather didn't help either. Hail the size of apples and rain…

not initially treated. The reason was because the relationship between diseases and waterborne pathogens had not been established. Later on, filtration and chlorination became a center of focus which drastically caused a reduction in typhoid and cholera ailments. In the rapidly growing cities, the capacity of water users outweighed its availability. Thus the construction of water reservoirs and piping became a priority. The sewerage systems during the time were built in combined sewers. These…

While we use water daily, if the water being used is polluted it can harm the human body. Just as I covered before having polluted water can cause diseases. Those diseases can be anything from little things like diarrhea to extreme diseases such as cholera. Not only can polluted water bring diseases to humans but it can also hinder us from doing daily routines. If water is extremely polluted then cooking will become a problem. In order to cook almost every meal known to man, water most be used…

Antebellum American society is considered to be the period before the civil war and after the War of 1812. Many things impacted the society such as: revivalism, temperance, health fads, new technologies, and public education. Temperance and health fads impacted the American society in many different ways. Antebellum society was impacted a great deal by temperance and health fads. The impact of temperance helped clean up alcoholism, health fads somewhat helped, and cleaning up alcoholism was the…

In response to the growing unrest, Mexican troops established military posts in several locations within the province, including San Antonio de Béxar. After hearing that the Mexican army commander in Nacogdoches, José de las Piedras, had demanded that all residents in his area surrender their arms, Bowie cut short a visit to Natchez in July 1832 to return to Texas. On August 2, 1832, he joined a group of other Texans and marched into Nacogdoches to "present their demands" to Piedras. Before the…

which she later converted as a treatment hall for patients during the Cholera outbreak of 1850. It was during this time Mary was able to really establish herself as a fledgling nurse through firsthand knowledge under experienced doctors. Throughout this is period Mary begin to question environmental factors effect diseases like cholera and yellow fever. 1852 Mary went to Cruces, Panama to visit her brother in the mits of a cholera outbreak. Mary offered our services to care for sick patients…

The burden of diseases Ebola in Guinea infects people regardless age, gender or economic status. The distribution is very rapid and the contagiousness is very high. The poverty level is very high in Guinea. But, I believe that the contagiousness is not related to the situation of poverty in the Country. However, the poverty can affect the compliance of the basis hygiene rules (hand washing) that can facilitate the contamination. Ebola outbreak is a real burden of diseases on the health care…