Cholera and public health reform 1830 - 75 [Britain]

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Second Stage

If survived collapse follows, then comma and death

Grew and multiplied

Patenet medicine

gods munishment for laed immoral behaviour

Rubbing ointment

'Mmiasma of filth' bretahed from infected air

was spread via contact with victims

features collapse and skin turns black and blue, then diffucult breathing

often body looses several pints of fluid in a few minutes

violent, explosive diarrhoea and vomiting

begins with acutae pain in fingers and toes, spreads to limbs, acompanied by stomach cramps

First Stage

Prayer

The Lancet

Miasmic theory

Contagionist theory

'complete panic'

'great panic'

Time wrote of a;

Victime being buried hastily, possibly before they were dead, and without propper religious ceromonies

Victims were being burien in unconscrated grounds

Doctors were murdering cholera victims

Medical students for bodies for thier anatomy classes

Not specifically directed at authorities, but arose because of specific fears that:

Sheffield

Manchester

London

Birmingham

Bristol

Edinburgh

Liverpool

Leeds

Glasgow

Exeter

The speed with which cholera could strike

High percenatge of fatalities 40-60 % among those contarcting cholera

1866 - 67 resulting in 14,000 deaths

1853 - 54 resulting in 20,000 deaths

1848 - 49 resulting in 62,000 deaths

1831 - 32 resulting in 32,000 deaths

Cholera and public health reform 1830 - 75 [Britain]

A cure for cholera? & suspected cause

Syptoms of Cholera

1832 - 30 recorded 'cholera-phobial' riots

Cholera hit Britain in four massive epedemics

Cholera had a profound effect upon the public and legislators because