Waldemar Haffkine

day ahead! Before he leaves, he visits friends and family to say goodbye before his short trip. During this time, he is infected with the smallpox virus. Think for a moment about the impact might have made on American society had the outbreak spread to the fair. One individual traveling from the smallpox outbreak could have infected thousands upon thousands; it possibly could have had a global impact. Thankfully, the fair’s free amenities influenced the cleanliness of the fair and may have helped contribute to controlling any potential outbreak in addition to vaccination measures of the others present. However without the precautions there could have been a much sadder article about the fair months later had the outbreak spread. Waldemar Haffkine was traveling half way around the world in 1893 to the country of India. He had plans to test his new vaccine for cholera. (Cholera) He was using a new test method, which involved having a control group and an experimental group. (Cholera) This method was so useful it is still used today. During his testing over 40,000 people were vaccinated against cholera and the effects were found to be beneficial. (Cholera) In The State newspaper readers of Columbia, South Carolina learn about Cholera from home. In the article, India blames pilgrimages to Mecca for the cholera outbreak in India. Officials claim numerous Indians pilgrim out and a greatly reduced number return home, and even more bring the illness back and die at home, exposing…

"I can't believe that you've been drinking Lavinia Marie. This is absolutely the last thing you should be doing." Once the drunken bums were in the car, Flora climbed is with Mr. Darcy on her lap and she looked very sober, the complete opposite to Lavinia and Dan. Ruby jumped into the driving seat saying, "Come on, we need to burn some rubber if we're going to make the last ferry." They took to the road and Lavinia and Dan started singing drinking songs. Flora was struggling. She'd never…

from God. They believed that the only way to overcome the disease was to beg God for his forgiveness. With the plague, came violence. Some people coped with the stress and brutality of the disease by lashing out at neighbors. Some upper class men traveled from town to town and beat themselves with heavy leather straps with sharp pieces of metal. The men repeated this routine for 33 and a half days. In 1894, Alexandre Yersen discovered that the rat caused the spread of the disease. He also…

been found on that particular period; however some care was conducted in places hoping to improve the health. Among the cares were drinks composed of several plants, doctors also were conducting purges to accelerate the worsening of symptoms in order to shorten the suffering of the patient. Also the population largely powerless in the Black Death often organized prayers to implore the saints to come to their aid. In the Fourteenth Century, isolation measures for those infected, disinfection, and…