Killer Diseases in Britain c1750-1900

Descripción

Apunte sobre Killer Diseases in Britain c1750-1900, creado por domhodson el 26/04/2014.
domhodson
Apunte por domhodson, actualizado hace más de 1 año
domhodson
Creado por domhodson hace más de 10 años
88
0

Resumen del Recurso

Página 1

CholeraCholera first arrived in Brtain in 1831. Although cholora had been known in India for many centuries prior to it reaching us.It was frighting as people could day within a single day and it spread so vastly that thousands of unfortunate people died within weeks.

What diseases made people vulnerable?Cholera - spread through bacteria in food and water.Diptheria - spread through tiny droplets when coughing/sneezing and/or contact with an infected person.Smallpox - spread through touch, or sneezing/cough droplets.Tuberculosis - spread through coughing/sneezingTyphoid - spread through bacteria lingering in food/water and/or food infected by flies.

Treating Cholera-burning clothes/bedding of the dead person(s)-praying-cleaning the house and scattering chloride of lime around (this was used in whitewash to make things look clean)-smoking cigars-using lucky charms-burning barrels of tar or vinegar to create smoke in the streets-making 'special mixtures' of liquids and pills that were supposed to cure all ills.

New Page

Mostrar resumen completo Ocultar resumen completo

Similar

Weimar Revision
Tom Mitchell
Hitler and the Nazi Party (1919-23)
Adam Collinge
History of Medicine: Ancient Ideas
James McConnell
GCSE History – Social Impact of the Nazi State in 1945
Ben C
Conferences of the Cold War
Alina A
Bay of Pigs Invasion : April 1961
Alina A
The Berlin Crisis
Alina A
OCR GCSE History-Paper Two: The Liberal Reforms 1906-14 Poverty to Welfare State NEW FOR 2015!!!
I Turner
American West - Key Dates
Rachel I-J
The Rise of the Nazis
absterps18
Weimar Germany 1919: The Spartacists and the constitution
Chris Clayton