The People's Health: Industrial era- Ordinary people's responses to cholera. Flashcards
what dates were the first and second cholera outbreaks?
first: 1831-1832.
second: 1848-1849.
during the first and second outbreaks what was the main belief about what caused it?
miasma.
what did some doctors argued caused it during the first and second outbreaks?
passed by touch.
what did some church leaders say caused the cholera outbreaks?
punishment from god.
due to people being terrified and desperate during the epidemics what happened?
church attendance rose.
rumours that cholera was being used to reduce the population of the poor.
what did the rumours that cholera was being used as a way to reduce the population of the poor cause: how many, when and where?
8 major riots.
1832.
Liverpool.
who was john snow?
doctor working in soho in London.
when did john snow do what?
1854.
studied the cases of cholera and mapped them out.
john snow: by mapping out the cases what could he conclude?
show scientifically that the victims had all shared the same water pump.
john snow: where was the shared wate pump?
broad street.
what did the discovery that all the victims were sharing the same water pump lead to?
pump’s handle removed- prevent further use.
no further cases.
what theory did removing the water pump’s handle lead to but what was the issue with it?
cholera was water borne.
but this theory wasn’t widely accepted at this point.
