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The Cholera Years: The United States in 1832, 1849, and 1866 (1987) Stieva, Rebecca. "Public Health Interventions in Historical Perspective: Cholera in Victorian London, 1849, 1854, and 1866" (PhD dissertation, McGill University (Canada) ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2023. 31078784).
In The Indian Cholera (Den indiske Cholera, 1835), he set his play in Colonial India, lambasting the poor response to the pandemic by authorities. [25] [26] [27] In response to the second cholera pandemic, the Ottoman Empire and Egypt reformed their quarantine systems, following the western Mediterranean model. In 1831, the Egyptian Quarantine ...
During the cholera epidemic of 1832, a doctor in London, Thomas Latta, discovered that he could greatly increase the survival rate of his patients by injecting saline solutions into their arms. [3] However, due to the wide range of medicines being touted as cures and treatments, his technique failed to gain widespread adoption. [3]
The 1832 Sligo cholera outbreak was a severe outbreak of cholera in the port town of Sligo in northwestern Ireland. [1] The outbreak resulted in an official total of 643 deaths, out of a population of 15,000. [2] However, the official figures are considerably lower, as only Fever Hospital deaths were recorded. [1]
Johnson was opposed to the astringent treatment of cholera. [6] Instead he advocated the "evacuation treatment", to get rid of as many cholera bacteria as possible by purging the bowels. [ 7 ] In 1832 William Brooke O'Shaughnessy had proposed saline injections as a way of restoring salts lost through the bowels, which today is considered a ...
An account of the epidemic cholera : as it appeared in Cincinnati (1832) Practical treatise on the history, prevention, and treatment of epidemic cholera (1832) Practical Essays on Medical Education (1832) An introductory lecture on the means of promoting the intellectual improvement of the students and physicians of the valley of the ...
Cholera is known for its ability to quickly spread and flourish in every environment. Because of this Cholera was found in almost every part of the country during this period. Cholera's impact during the 1832 epidemic was particularly profound on indigenous communities. Cholera spread to Native populations in 1832 through waterways.
Thomas Shapter (1809–1902) was born in Gibraltar, graduated from the University of Edinburgh, [1] and arrived in Exeter in the year cholera arrived, 1832. Today, Shapter is best known for the account he wrote of this devastating cholera outbreak, entitled The History of the Cholera in Exeter in 1832. He also served one term as Mayor of Exeter.