The 3rd Plague Pandemic Flashcards
where did it come from?
Yunan China, came from the red-backed vole and the yellow- breasted rat
hunters caught the disease out in the woods, didn’t necessarily spread it, some of them died out there, alone.
How did Trade spread the disease?
- trade routes of opium poppy plants for medical use
- steamships that traveled out of the Yunan province around the world
1894 pandemic
Guangzohu - 40,000 people died in 4 months
Hong Kong - 10% of people died
traded ships then spread the disease to India
arrived in Japan in 1899, new exposure to disease
Who were Kitasato & yersin?
Japanese and French researchers trying to discover the cause of the third plague pandemic and black plague
used their transportable labratories to find the bacteria in Japan
Kitasato used blood to figure it out
Yersin focused his research on bubos
Plague in India
British crown ruled in India, they established sanitation and vaccine measures, using colonial bureaucracy to enforce them
disease arrived in 1896 in Mumbai, an international Health conference stated that quarantines were to be inforced
killed 10 million across the country
who was Waldemar Haffkine?
developed a vaccine for the 3rd plague pandemic
it was used in the 20th century
what did people in India think of vaccines?
people thought it was a posion prepared by the government made with pigs and cows
half a million people were vaccinated, only 19 died of tetanus because of unsterilized needles
Vector control
an effort was made to get rid of rats in houses, this reduced the spread of disease
Chinese public health
before 1894, they did not impose any health measures during the 3rd plague epidemic
they did not consider the plague to be contagious
who was Wu Lien-Teh?
he lead the response to plague outbreaks with the idea that disease spread by breath
he was correct with his hypothesis
controled movement of cremated bodies
he started the idea of mask wearing
What was the importance of the 3rd plague pandemic?
it was a bacterial revolution that helped us gain knowledge about the disease
the rise of germ theory
new tools of chemical control, masks, quarantines and vaccines
emphasized the power dynamic that overlapped with new medical interventions
what was the Pneumonic plague
caused by the Siberian marmot
