Cholera : a worldwide history / S. L. Kotar and J. E. Gessler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kotar, S. L.

Contributor:

Gessler, J. E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cholera--History.

Cholera.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (407 p.)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The ""King of Terrors"" is more prevalent today than at any time throughout history. In seven major cholera pandemics beginning in 1817, hundreds of thousands of people have died. Although called ""The disease of filth,"" the deadly effects of cholera spared no one, no matter their station in life.This book presents a chronological depiction of the disease by those who suffered its ravages, using their own words from hundreds of newspapers and letters whenever possible. In so doing, the speculations, missteps, sidetracks and prevailing fears are emphasized. The authors describe the agonizingly

Contents:

Table of Contents; Preface; 1. "Water, water every where, Nor any drop to drink"; 2. What Is Cholera? An Early Conundrum; 3. The Immortal Sydenham; 4. "The Cause of Pestilential Distempers"; 5. Cholera Reaches the Pandemic Stage; 6. The Second Cholera Pandemic: The Polish Insurrection, 1830-1831; 7. The Second Cholera Pandemic: England and France, 1831; 8. Sunderland: The Continuing Saga, 1831; 9. Trials and Tribulations; 10. England, 1832: "Who shall decide when doctors disagree?"; 11. "From Our Correspondent-Foreign News"; 12. Cholera in North America: "Imported by Immigrants"

13. The Scourge of God 14. "Choleraphobia"; 15. "I do not know who is dead and who is alive"; 16. Mowed Down by Cholera; 17. "Times are no better, they are worse"; 18. Windows, Potatoes and Avatars; 19. Health and Sanitation; 20. The Animalcular and the Fungoid Theories of Cholera; 21. "A dose of magnesia is death"; 22. "Cleanliness is the very vaccination of cholera"; 23. "Our hopes that England may escape are less sanguine"; 24. Following the Pestilence: The United States Through the 1850's; 25. "The Grand Experiment"; 26. The Crimean War and Beyond; 27. The Fourth Cholera Pandemic, 1863-1879

28. The Water We Drink 29. The Fifth Cholera Pandemic, 1881-1896; 30. The Sixth Cholera Pandemic, 1899-1947; 31. Cholera in the World War II Era; 32. The Seventh Cholera Pandemic: "No country is safe from cholera"; 33. Research Conducted During the Seventh Pandemic; 34. The Resurgence of King Cholera; 35. From Snow to Koch to DNA: The Next-to-Last Chapter; Glossary; Appendix I: Cures for Cholera Throughout the Ages; Appendix II: Cholera Morbus Mortality Statistics in the 19th Century: The Harvest of Death; Chapter Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4766-1364-8