Cholera (also called Asiatic cholera) is an infectious disease, caused by bacteria that are typically ingested by drinking water that is contaminated by improper sanitation, or by eating improperly cooked fish, especially shellfish. Symptoms include explosive diarrhea, abdominal cramps, nausea, vomiting, and dehydration. Death is generally due to the dehydration caused by the illness. When cholera is left untreated, it generally has a high death rate. Treatment typically consists of aggressive rehydration. With treatment, death rates ...

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Snow was a believer in the germ theory of cholera, as opposed to the then-dominant miasma theory. He first publicised his theory in an essay On the Mode of Communication of Cholera in 1849. In 1855 a second edition was published, with a much more elaborate investigation of the effect of the water-supply in the Soho, London epidemic of 1854. By talking to local residents he identified the cause of the outbreak as the public water pump on Broad Street (now Broadwick Street), and it was disabled by removing the pump handle. Although this action has been popularly reported as ending the outbreak, the epidemic was already ...

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John Snow physician, John Snow physician - Early Life, John Snow physician - Education and training, John Snow physician - Anaesthesia, John Snow physician - Cholera, John Snow physician - Memorials

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Cholera - Susceptibility. Cholera produces potentially lethal secretory diarrhea through a pathway that involves the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator, CFTR (Gabriel 1994). This discovery led to the hypothesis that carriers for cystic fibrosis, who have lower levels of functional CFTR, are protected from the severe effects of cholera because they don't lose water as quickly as other people. This might explain the high incidence of cystic fibrosis among populations which were formerly exposed to ...

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Cholera - Susceptibility. Cholera produces potentially lethal secretory diarrhea through a pathway that involves the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator, CFTR (Gabriel 1994). This discovery led to the hypothesis that carriers for cystic fibrosis, who have lower levels of functional CFTR, are protected from the severe effects of cholera because they don't lose water as quickly as other people. This might explain the high incidence of cystic fibrosis among populations which were formerly exposed to ...

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Cholera, Cholera - Pathology, Cholera - Susceptibility, Cholera - Transmission, Cholera - Symptoms, Cholera - History, Cholera - Origin and Spread, Cholera - Research, Cholera - Other historical information, Cholera - Treatment, Cholera - Prevention, Cholera - Sources

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Vibrio cholerae is a gram negative bacterium with a curved-rod shape that causes cholera in humans. It and other species of the genus Vibrio belong to the gamma subdivision of the Proteobacteria. There are two major strains, classic and El Tor, and numerous other serogroups. It colonizes the gut, where it adheres to villous absorptive cells via filaments, and secretes a toxin, c ...

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The Cholera Riots (Холерные бунты in Russian) were the anti-serf riots of the urban population, peasants and soldiers in Russia in 1830-1831 during the cholera outbreak. The riots were caused by the anti-cholera measures, undertaken by the tsarist government, such as quarantine, armed cordons and migratory restrictions. Influenced by rumors of deliberate contamination of ordinary people by government officials and doctors, agitated mobs started raiding police departments and state hospitals, killing hated fu ...

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The Black Hawk War was fought in 1832 in the Midwestern section of the United States. The war was named for Black Hawk, the leader of a band of Sauk and Fox Indians, who fought against the U.S. Army and Illinois militia for possession of lands in the area. Black Hawk War - Background. In 1804, William Henry Harrison, Governor of Indiana Territory (which then included what would become Illinois), negotiated a treaty in St. Louis with a group of Sauk and Fox leaders, in which they ceded lands east of the Miss ...

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• Black Hawk War - Background
• Black Hawk War - Return of Black Hawk
• Black Hawk War - Hostilities
• Black Hawk War - Cholera
• Black Hawk War - Final confrontation
• Black Hawk War - Aftermath
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Allomonas Beneckea Enhydrobacter Listionella Lucibacterium Photobacterium Salinivibrio Vibrio The Vibrionaceae are a family of Proteobacteria, given their own order. Several species are pathogenic, including the type species Vibrio cholerae, which is the agent responsible for cholera. Others are found in freshwater and marine habitats. Of particular note, most luminescent bacteria belong to this family, and ar ...

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Vibrio is a genus of bacteria, included in the gamma subgroup of the Proteobacteria. Some are associated with diarrheal disease and other symptoms. Species of Vibrio include: Vibrio cholerae, the agent that causes cholera Vibrio vulnificus, associated with infections after eating seafood Vibrio parahaemolyticus Vibrio harveyi and Vibrio fischeri, symbiotes that live in marine animals and bioluminesce through the mechanism of quorum sensing. Also fo

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Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1832 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). 1832 - Events. February 12 - Ecuador annexes the Galapagos Islands February 12 – Cholera breaks out in London, claiming at least 3000 victims. It spreads to France and North America later this year. April 6 - USA: The Black Hawk War begins. May 7 - The Treaty of London creates an independent Kin ...

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Chlorodyne was the name for one of the most famous patent medicines sold in the British Isles. It was invented in the 19th century, by a Dr. J. Collis Browne, a doctor in the British Indian Army: its original purpose was in the treatment of cholera. Browne sold his formula to a pharmacist named Davenport, who advertised it widely, as a treatment for cholera, diarrhea, insomnia, neuralgia, migraines, etc. As its principal ingredients were a mixture of laudanum (alcoholic solution of opium), tincture of cannabis, and chloroform, it readily lived up to its claims of relieving pain, ...

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Developed for use in Bangladesh, the cloth filter is a simple and cost-effective appropriate technology method for reducing the contamination of drinking water. The method used in Bangladesh is as follows: an old sari is folded to make four or eight layers. The folded cloth is wrapped over the mouth of the container used to collect surface water. Water collected in this way has a greatly reduced pathogen count. It is usually sufficient to rinse the cloth and dry it in the sun for a couple of hours. In the monsoon seasons, it may be advisable to use ...

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Cholera

• To dream of this dread disease devastating the country, portends sickness of virulent type will rage and many disappointments will follow.
• To dream that you are attacked by it, denotes your own sickness.

Source: 10 000 Dream Interpretations, by Gustavus Hindman Miller

(See also: Dream Archives, Meaning of Dreams, Dream Interpretation, Dream Dictionary, Dream Dictionary - Cholera, Dreams - Meaning of Dream about Cholera, Dream Interpretation Cholera)

The novel begins as Dr. Urbino comes to examine the body of his close friend Jeremiah Saint-Amour. Jeremiah killed himself at the age of 60 in order to avoid growing old. Upon returning to his home, he finds his beloved pet parrot atop a mango tree. While trying to retrieve it, he falls to his death. Florentino Ariza takes this moment to proclaim his love for Dr. Urbino's aged wife, Fermina Daza, but she is repulsed by his outburst and more than a little scared at the feelings she has engendered. When she was young, she and Florentino ...

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Love in the Time of Cholera, Love in the Time of Cholera - Synopsis, Love in the Time of Cholera - Important Characters, Love in the Time of Cholera - Themes, Love in the Time of Cholera - Love as an Emotional and Physical Disease, Love in the Time of Cholera - Aging and Death, Love in the Time of Cholera - Suffering for Love, Love in the Time of Cholera - Translations

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Love in the Time of Cholera - Love as an Emotional and Physical Disease. Garcia's main notion is that lovesickness is a literal illness, a disease comparable to cholera. Florentino Ariza suffers from this just as he might suffer from any malady. At one point, Florentino conflates his physical agony with his amorous agony when he vomits after eating flowers in order to imbibe Fermina's scent. In the final chapter, the Captain's declaration of metaphorical plague is another manifestation of this.

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Love in the Time of Cholera, Love in the Time of Cholera - Synopsis, Love in the Time of Cholera - Important Characters, Love in the Time of Cholera - Themes, Love in the Time of Cholera - Love as an Emotional and Physical Disease, Love in the Time of Cholera - Aging and Death, Love in the Time of Cholera - Suffering for Love, Love in the Time of Cholera - Translations

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Florentino Ariza- Ridiculously obsessed with Fermina Daza, Florentino is a poet much in demand on the Arcade of Scribes for his love letters. He falls in love with Fermina and waits more than 50 years for her husband to die so he can declare his love. Despite the fact that he has made love to 622 women, he declares himself a virgin. Dr. Juvenal Urbino del Calle - Dr. Urbino maintains an aloof, aristocratic air but also a general decency and loyalty towards his ...

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Love in the Time of Cholera, Love in the Time of Cholera - Synopsis, Love in the Time of Cholera - Important Characters, Love in the Time of Cholera - Themes, Love in the Time of Cholera - Love as an Emotional and Physical Disease, Love in the Time of Cholera - Aging and Death, Love in the Time of Cholera - Suffering for Love, Love in the Time of Cholera - Translations

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At the time, one of the five great cholera pandemics of the 19th century ravaged Asia and Europe. Even though Robert Koch discovered Vibrio cholerae in 1883, the medical science at that time did not consider it a sole cause of the disease. This view was supported by experiments by several biologists, notably Jaime Ferran in Spain. Haffkine focused his research on developing cholera vaccine and produced an attenuated form of the bacterium. On July 18, 1892, Haffkine performed the first human test on himself and reported his find ...

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Waldemar Haffkine, Waldemar Haffkine - Early years, Waldemar Haffkine - Anti-Cholera vaccine, Waldemar Haffkine - Anti-Plague vaccine, Waldemar Haffkine - Connection with Zionism, Waldemar Haffkine - Little Dreyfus affair, Waldemar Haffkine - Late years

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In 1902, nineteen Punjabi villagers (inoculated from the same bottle of vaccine) died of tetanus. An inquiry commission indicted Haffkine, and he was relieved of his position and returned to England. The report was unofficially known as "Little Dreyfus affair", as a reminder of Haffkine's Jewish background and religion. The Lister Institute reinvestigated the claim and overruled the verdict: it was discovered that a ...

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Waldemar Haffkine, Waldemar Haffkine - Early years, Waldemar Haffkine - Anti-Cholera vaccine, Waldemar Haffkine - Anti-Plague vaccine, Waldemar Haffkine - Connection with Zionism, Waldemar Haffkine - Little Dreyfus affair, Waldemar Haffkine - Late years

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In October 1896, an epidemic of bubonic plague struck Bombay and the government asked Haffkine to help. He embarked upon the development of a vaccine in a makeshift laboratory in a corridor of Grant Medical College. In three months of persistent work (one of his assistants got nervous breakdown, two others quit), a form for human trials was ready and on January 10, 1897 Haffkine tested it on himself. After these results were announced to the authorities, volunteers at the Byculla jail were inoculated and survived the ...

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Waldemar Haffkine, Waldemar Haffkine - Early years, Waldemar Haffkine - Anti-Cholera vaccine, Waldemar Haffkine - Anti-Plague vaccine, Waldemar Haffkine - Connection with Zionism, Waldemar Haffkine - Little Dreyfus affair, Waldemar Haffkine - Late years

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