Outbreak

In 1854 a cholera epidemic ripped through the heart of London. One visionary scientist believed that he could analyse the outbreak and prevent further spread, in an event that marked the birth of epidemiology and went on to aid the establishment of public health and germ theory.

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Sources:

Past Medical History – John Snow and the 1854 Cholera Outbreak (https://www.pastmedicalhistory.co.uk/john-snow-and-the-1854-cholera-outbreak/)

The Lancet – Cholera

World Health Organisation – Cholera Fact Sheet (https://www.who.int/en/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/cholera)

World Health Organisation – Yemen Country Profile (https://www.who.int/countries/yem/en/)

World Health Organisation – Weekly Epidemiological Record No. 38 (https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/274654/WER9338.pdf?ua=1)

National Geographic – How Cholera Spread So Quickly Through Haiti (https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/08/haiti-cholera-crisis-united-nations-admission/)

Al Jazeera - Yemen: Cholera cases so far this year outstrip 2018 figures (https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/07/yemen-cholera-cases-year-outstrip-2018-figures-190708135559586.html)

Al Jazeera - Yemen's cholera outbreak kills over 300 people (https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/04/yemens-cholera-outbreak-kills-300-people-190406101635126.html)

MedicalXpress – Mystery of Yemen cholera epidemic solved (https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-01-mystery-yemen-cholera-epidemic.html)

To look at today, the village of Walsham-le-Willows in Suffolk, Britain, doesn’t let on the depth of its terrifying history. The sleepy main street, with the occasional strolling local and looming church, where one struggles to find a coffee, does not convey the images of suffering and horror that once plagued this village. But this village, like most of Europe and Asia, has a very black history. And for Walsham-le-Willows, this dark time was the mid 1300s

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Sources:

Websites -

Ancient History Encyclopaedia (https://www.ancient.eu/article/782/justinians-plague-541-542-ce/

Justinian’s Flea (http://www.justiniansflea.com/events.htm)

Contagions (https://contagions.wordpress.com/2012/06/28/plague-at-the-siege-of-caffa-1346/)

Bright Hub Education.com (https://www.brighthubeducation.com/history-homework-help/88775-social-effects-of-the-black-death/)

BBC - Black Death (http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/middle_ages/black_impact_01.shtml)

ABC Science (http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/01/29/2149185.htm)

World Health Organisation - Plague (https://www.who.int/csr/disease/plague/en/)

Journal Articles -

Perry RD & Fetherston JD. Yersinia pestis--etiologic Agent of plague. Clinical Microbiology Reviews. 1997 Jan; 10(1): 35 - 66

Firth J. The History of Plague - Part 1. The Three Great Pandemics. Journal of Military and Veterans' Health - History. 2012 April; Vol 20(2): 11 - 16

Books -

The Black Death, The Intimate Story of a Village in Crises, 1345 – 1350. John Hatcher.