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Cholera (/ ˈ k ɒ l ər ə /) is an infection of the small intestine by some strains of the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. [4] [3] Symptoms may range from none, to mild, to severe. [3] The classic symptom is large amounts of watery diarrhea lasting a few days. [2] Vomiting and muscle cramps may also occur. [3]
Georges Pichard (17 January 1920 – 6 June 2003) [1] was a French comics artist, known for numerous magazine covers, serial publications and albums, stereotypically featuring partially exposed voluptuous women.
Scudder in 1899. Ida Sophia Scudder (December 9, 1870 – May 24, 1960) was a third-generation American medical missionary in India.She sought to improve the plight of Indian women by fighting against bubonic plague, cholera and leprosy.
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Numerous mummies can be seen throughout the exhibition, of varying sizes. The museum is known to have the smallest mummy in the world, a fetus from a pregnant woman who fell victim to cholera. Some of the mummies can be seen wearing parts of the clothing in which they were buried. [citation needed]
Only woman to be awarded a Victoria Cross (a replica given with permission of Queen Victoria). Elizabeth Webber Harris (1834–1917) was an English nurse who was awarded a replica Victoria Cross (VC) in 1869, with the permission of Queen Victoria , for her bravery during a cholera outbreak in India.
A woman waits to be tested at a cholera treatment centre in the Budiriro District, that was badly affected by cholera, in Harare, Zimbabwe on the 21 April 2009. Annette Nandase, a beneficiary of the Beads of Hope Mbuya project, threads beads inside her home in the Mbuya district of Kampala, Uganda on 10 March 2009.