#Cholera

[brucesterling]

Pandemics: that was then this is now 

#waterborne #airborne #cholera #covid

[ollyvoile]

Add your reasons, if you like!

Other people have added these:

• Yellow fever @notoverjoyed

• Scurvy @monitorchakas

• Lymph disease @wyrmalien

• Diphtheria ( I couldn’t fit this one)

• Malaria “ye olde marsh fever” @bombadilbaddie

• Scrofula “The King’s Evil” @hasturswig

Edit for all the people telling me “uhhh tuberculosis still exists”: I know! :) In fact, all of these sicknesses still exist. In the modern world we live in, however, most of these are only prevalent in developing countries, and certainly not to the extent they once were.

#medieval #disease #cholera #dysentery #typhus #typhoid fever #tuberculosis #TB #bubonic plague #black death #leprosy #leper #influenza #smallpox #syphilis #gonorrhea #chlamydia #diphtheria #diphtheria didn’t fit unfortunately #yellow fever #scurvy #lymph disease #plague #immunology #medicine

[curiosityistheleastofmyproblems]

A man with cholera buried prematurely. Photograph after painting by A. J. Wiertz.

Wiertz, Anton Joseph, 1806-1865

Wellcome Collection

#biology #history #own post #curiosity #anatomy #medical #medicine #art #human anatomy #art history #cholera #macabre #macabre art #death #burial #coffin #epidemics #anatomical illustration

[grison-in-space]

Grudgingly I had to give up dicking around on the Internet and go do some house cleaning. I'm listening to Mary Roach tell me about cholera dynamics when I remember, and I want to tell Tumblr—

Did you know that the same specialist predator/prey population dynamics over time that you usually see described in terms of Canadian lynx and snowshoe hare also apply perfectly well to Vibrio cholerae and its most common bacteriophage?

And that this is a major factor in why pathogenic cholera outbreaks — caused mostly by only one lineage of V. cholerae bacteria — eventually fade even if the population isn't wholly infected by cholera or wiped out by it?

The world is a wild and fascinating place.

#science #infectious disease #information dumping #cholera

[whats-in-a-sentence]

Responsibility for public health was now understood to be a task for government, not just for working-class women who – until then – had been the only ones concerned with the cleanliness of slum houses, the only ones asking for clean water and working drains.

One such working-class woman was Kitty Wilkinson, an Irish migrant in Liverpool who had been a cotton mill worker and a domestic servant. She opened up her laundry business to her poor neighbours for a penny a week, allowing them to use her boiler and bleach to disinfect their clothes during the 1832 cholera epidemic. She became known as the 'saint of the slums' and campaigned for public bathhouses for the poor.

"Normal Women: 900 Years of Making History" - Philippa Gregory

#book quotes #normal women #philippa gregory #nonfiction #responsibility #public health #government jobs #working class #cleanliness #slums #clean water #drainage #kitty wilkinson #irish #migrant #liverpool #cotton mill #domestic servant #laundry business #boiler #bleach #disinfecting #30s #1830s #19th century #cholera #saint of the slums #public bathhouse

[black-rose-666]

#wiersz #on #ona #emocje #uczucia #miłość #myśli #oni #cholera #słowa #nie chce cię stracić #potrzeba #potrzebuje cie #tylko ty #ty #tylko #myślenie

[cliozaur]

One more mention of cholera! I really miss the cholera digression in the Brick. Was it so hard to write one more digression? Marius and Cosette did not notice it, so we also should not notice it. Though it was such a big thing and claimed around 19,000 lives in six months. How preoccupied one should be not to notice it! And Hugo was obviously not interested. None of those several dozen inhabitants of Paris who operate in Les Mis died of it (Lamarque doesn’t count, he is not a character here) – it’s a miracle! I really want to know how Jean Valjean reacted to the news about the cholera epidemic. Did he stay home more than usually? Did he not worry about it at all? (In the next chapter, we'll find out that it did not affect his habit of going out to walk in the evening.)

Cosette and Marius continue learning new things about each other, and they find further similarities and differences in their life stories. Marius is trying to brag about his baron title, and Cosette reaction is just adorable: “this had produced no effect on Cosette. She did not know the meaning of the word. Marius was Marius.”

This chapter is not as easy-going as the previous one. “Loving almost takes the place of thinking,” alerts Hugo. It’s about Marius, who tries to brush aside memories about the Gorbeau house adventure, though he subconsciously understands that this is important, and they should have discussed it with Cosette. Instead, he suppresses this memory, preferring to remain in “a rosy cloud.” This will hit them quite painfully.

Cholera-related cartoon from 1832:

#les mis letters #lm 4.8.2 #les miserables #cosette #marius pontmercy #jean valjean #cholera #gorbeau house raid

[historysurvivalguide]

Holiday Science History Book Recommendations

Need ideas for science and science history lovers in your life?

The holidays are coming up! Need some inspiration for presents? Here are some of the best science history books I’ve read this year if you need a place to start

Scurvy: How a Surgeon, a Mariner and a Gentleman Solved the Greatest Medical Mystery of the Age of Sail by Stephen R. Brown

🍋 The adventure behind the discovery of the cause and cure for scurvy 🍋

Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by Dava Sobel

🕰️ Latitude is trivial to measure but a good way to measure longitude took hundreds of years, the invention of non-pendulum clocks, and a meeting with the King of England 🕰️

The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World by Steven Johnson

💧 This book on the history of a deadly cholera outbreak in London reads more like a murder mystery and thriller 💧

Force of Nature: The Life of Linus Pauling by Thomas Hager

🧪 Pauling is a true “force of nature” and dominated chemistry in the first half of the 20th century and help spearhead what is essentially modern chemistry 🧪

#book reccs #book recommendations #science history #scurvy #longitude #john harrison #cholera #history of medicine #learn astronomy #astronomy #stellar navigation #celestial navigation

[mysterious-secret-garden]

John Tenniel - The unsuspected torpedo.

Campaigning cartoon by John Tenniel suggesting Parliament should bring in safety regulations for the handling and transport of explosives after the destruction of a barge carrying gunpowder on the Regents Canal, London.

#John Tenniel #The unsuspected torpedo #death #pestilence #illness #cholera

[curlysgirl0202]

Reason 102 You Wouldn't Survive the Wild West:

Dust was everywhere. So much so, it contaminated the water, causing cholera to run rampant. It was said if a person came down with cholera at 8am, they'd be dead by noon...

#wild west #old west #cowboy country #wild frontier #why you wouldn't survive the wild west #cholera #dust storms #frontier life #dust in the old west

[princetonarchives]

“As Princeton and its vicinity are entirely free from Malignant Cholera, the next session of the College will commence on Thursday, Oct. 11.”

--Alexandria Gazette, September 13, 1832

#1830s #cholera #epidemic #pandemic #Princeton #OnThisDay

[memenewsdotcom]

Mozambique ferry disaster

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#africa #cholera #disaster #drowning #meme #memes #mozambique #news #sink

[highlifeboat]

#no you don't get to live #oregon trail #polls #dysentery #fever #snakebites #typhoid fever #drowning #cholera #exhaustion #broken bones #games #video games #retro games

[b-a-r-c-l-a-y]

oh cholera? freddy fazbea? har har har har ahr a harh ahra hrah rh rhah rhra h rahr hra hr hra h

#doodle #pencil #sketch #fnaf #five nights at freddy's #freddy fazbear #cholera #har #harhar #harharhar #harharharhar #polish #poland #scream if you love poland #tophat #fnaf fanart #scott cawthon #bear

[cypriathus]

Here are all deities that make up The Four Humours.

WARNING: The appearances of the upcoming deities focus on body horror and one of them has prominent genitalia.

Echaktorius may seem to be devoid of true emotion, but he’s actually quite optimistic and has a willingness to see the brighter side of all situations. He brings a lot of well-needed positivity, motivation, and appropriate energy to those who are around him. He’s quite committed and persistent about his daily routine and objectives, which helps him to efficiently accomplish them. Echaktorius’ appearance can be quite intimidating and disturbing to those who encounter him, but he doesn’t let that stop him from being socially approachable. He deeply enjoys forming cooperative and interpersonal relationships with other people, and he’s often inclined to seek companionship. Echaktorius tries his absolute best to encourage people to continue chasing their dreams and instil hope in eventually achieving them. Unlike his other siblings, he’s easily influenced by uncontrollable, extreme emotion and it’s often tied to more positive feelings. 

His body seems to be abnormally sylph-like with thin arms, bony fingers, six arms, a noticeably pulsating brain, and a protruding ribcage and spinal cord. He’s approximately 13 ft (396.24 cm) and his body is made up of crude, glistening old brick red flesh and numerous veins that carry ichor. His lower half mimics the skeletal structure of an unknown horse breed with its body covered in insurmountable white veins with hints of blue, red, and purple, and small spikes running along the back. The spikes form a rounded, rhombus-like shape from the middle of his torso back to near the rear of the horse body. The horse body has six strong legs with four-fingered hands for hooves and its pseudo-intestines intertwine in order to create a tail of 8 ft (243.84 cm). Echaktorius has two tiny ear holes and lacks noticeable facial features, but his mouth with yellowed omnivorous teeth and a serpentine tongue is on the back of his head. His eyes are a shimmering smalt blue with como green pupils, husk yellow dots in the middle of both, and black sclera. He wears a long, flowing cloak of glossy rustic red with a kite-shaped hood that has six elongated, pointed protrusions on each side that mimics the half of a spherical shape. He’s also wearing a tattered coffee loincloth that’s tied around his waist with rope and a silky bison hide jabot.

He has total control over blood and can utilise it in numerous ways such as weapon generation, accelerated healing, strength and speed enhancement, and agile maneuver. He can also create and manipulate air, which gives him control over wind movement, climate, weather, and the generation of most ocean and freshwater waves. Echaktorius can even control the various types of wind by manipulating horizontal and vertical differences in atmospheric pressure such as breezes, whirlwinds, zephyrs, and hurricanes. As air can’t be seen through conventional means, it makes his attacks and derivatives an invisible and versatile weapon that’s very difficult to block and dodge.

FAMILY:

Taxmozrepius Nirgazlushtej Stakhrebozun (grandfather)

Charuzlonje Khitjeboszupa L’Adrimophentus (grandparent)

Parnuzhoktesvi Jorszaden Sulpazrothine (mother)

Phlegramonius (brother)

Kholedursza (sister)

Melanchotius (brother)

ALIASES/NICKNAMES:

Blood

FUN FACTS/EXTRA INFORMATION:

He’s incapable of sexual reproduction

As an Æylphitus, his name means “fetid”.

Phlegramonius has a very prominent carefree attitude and immensely enjoys his leisure time, being free from all worries and stress. He seems to be untroubled by conflict, and often strives for societal friendship and harmony in the absence of violent hostility. He’s content with what life has to offer and he accepts things the way they are, understanding that there are circumstances he cannot control. Phlegramonius is prudently watchful and discreet, and seems to be unwilling to take risks because he wants to avoid causing unnecessary problems. As a result of his conscientiousness, he shows unyielding self-discipline, acts dutifully in the name of morality, and consistently aims for achievement. He’s generally dependable and his behaviour is very well-organised, but his schizoid traits can spoil his relationships with others. Phlegramonius has a difficult time expressing a full range of emotion, doesn’t seem to care about praise and criticism, and he’s socially detached from others.

He’s close to 8’ 2” (248.92 cm), and his ectomorphic body with average muscular limbs, square chest, nine arms, and broad shoulders is covered in a thick layer of colourless mucus. Six of his arms run along from his shoulders to mid-torso, but the other three are protruding from his back: one on the left trapezius; one on the right latissimus dorsi; and one on the left infraspinatus. Below the neck, Phlegramonius has no skin that covers his body, clearly exposing his numerous muscle tendons and fibres. Each hand has six fingers with black claws and his ribcage is slightly protruding from his muscles. His face is covered in swollen greenish-yellow skin, and he possesses pointed, slightly drooping ears and a mouth that’s stapled open with crooked teeth. The flesh of his belly area is stretched on both sides with two nails each, which are hammered into his lowest pair of arms. It reveals his pulsating, digestive organs and a beating heart with a purplish amber eye in the middle, and they’re all covered in saliva, mucus, semen, and diluted blood. Phlegramonius has a masculine reproductive organ with a bulbous, spiky head and his foreskin is incapable of properly pulling back. He has wet-looking, curly hair of beige blonde and his three eyes are a plum with bossanova pupils and yellowish sclera. The only article of clothing that he has is a polished bronze left shoulder pad that depicts a sculpted wood thrush on a human skull that has no lower jaw.

He has full control of white or colourless secretions such as pus, mucus, saliva, and semen, being able to heal himself, and create living constructs, sticky traps, and protective armour. He’s also capable of increasing the corrosiveness and amount of salivary and mucus pH, and spit it at or vomit it on his intended targets. Phlegramonius can create and manipulate water, which is an inorganic compound that has liquid, gas, and solid states. He’s able to cause water-related weather such as blizzards, and fully control the temperature of water at will.

FAMILY:

Taxmozrepius Nirgazlushtej Stakhrebozun (grandfather)

Charuzlonje Khitjeboszupa L’Adrimophentus (grandparent)

Parnuzhoktesvi Jorszaden Sulpazrothine (mother)

Echaktorius (brother)

Kholedursza (sister)

Melanchotius (brother)

Bletadrovinus Kinathroszem Wriszlaghon (ex-boyfriend)

ALIASES/NICKNAMES:

Phlegm

FUN FACTS/EXTRA INFORMATION:

He’s panromantic asexual

He likes to tease his two younger siblings, especially Melanchotius.

As an Æylphitus, his name means “clammy moisture or inflammation”.

Kholedursza is often ready to attack and/or confront people who wrongfully provoke her or her younger brother, Melanchotius. She has a habit of approaching issues by making unilateral decisions or giving orders to people, ensuring that her sense of control isn’t threatened. As a result of this, she feels inclined to exercise arbitrary and overbearing control without the consideration of other people’s emotions. Kholedursza is weirdly honest and open in her interactions, always saying what is exactly on her mind. She has frequent outbursts that escalate quickly and she gets angry quite easily, often for no good reason. When in an aggressive state of mind, she tends to obsess over hurting, humiliating, and gaslighting people that get on her nerves. Kholedursza has a strong desire for success and power, and she’s fully capable of making decisions quickly and confidently.

Her body type is a mixture between mesomorph and endomorph with grotesquely muscular limbs, masculine chest, thighs and upper arms that carry some of her weight, and a bloated belly. She’s 7’ 9” (236.22 cm) and her skin has intense pallor with mine shaft freckles on her face, neck, chest, hands, and belly. The skin of her back is stretched open, being pinned to each side of her neck and the back of her thighs. It reveals malformed avian wings, a spinal cord with jagged spinous processes, and greenish flesh covered in clear bile. Kholedursza’s razor-sharp claws and talons are golden, and her mouth has two rows of yellowed carnivorous teeth with slight crookedness and three pointed tongues. The natural hue of her eyes are an oxley green with eggplant pupils and reddish sclera, while her short curly bob is a dark chocolate. From the middle of her collarbone to below her belly button, there’s a slit that reveals a gigantic mouth with a decent-sized hole that connects to the liver, gallbladder, and small intestine, nine rows of humpback anglerfish teeth, and eight slimy mimic octopus tentacles. Kholedursza has a greenish-yellow vocal sac that’s covered in tiny, but observable spikes, and her belly is a faint blue and purple with yellow veins. She often wears a canvas monk habit that’s a blood-stained nandor, but she occasionally opts for a tattered glacier high waist skirt.

She can effortlessly control yellow bile, being fully capable of projecting her corrosive vomit at her targets in large offensive amounts. When the yellow bile that she expelled out of her system is on the floor, she can create spike traps that can only be activated once someone steps on it or they’re very close to it. Kholedursza can use her yellow bile to heal her internal organs, create acidic weapons and shields, and intensify her anger. She can also create and manipulate fire, allowing her to control the exothermic chemical process, colour of the flame, intensity, and temperature.

FAMILY:

Taxmozrepius Nirgazlushtej Stakhrebozun (grandfather)

Charuzlonje Khitjeboszupa L’Adrimophentus (grandparent)

Parnuzhoktesvi Jorszaden Sulpazrothine (mother)

Echaktorius (brother)

Phlegramonius (brother)

Melanchotius (brother)

ALIASES/NICKNAMES:

Yellow Bile

Cholera

FUN FACTS/EXTRA INFORMATION:

She views Echaktorius as overbearingly joyous and Phlegramonius as a weirdly relaxed slacker.

Amongst all of her siblings, she seems to care about Melanchotius the most compared and will do anything to keep him safe.

As an Æylphitus, her name means “bile”.

Melanchotius is a very reliable and trustworthy individual, allowing others to lean on him for genuine support and encouragement. He isn’t sporadic and unpredictable, which helps him to be noticeably calm and sensible in his daily life. He has a deep desire to provide sympathy and assistance to those who are facing their own personal hardships, ensuring that they can overcome their issues. He’s capable of embracing the difficult through determination and tries to find a way to benefit from such experiences. During such unpleasant experiences, Melanchotius often figures out a considerate solution to alleviate any harm, risk, and/or uncertainty. Due to being born mute, he has learned how to become an active listener, and communicate his ideas and support through actions and writing. He prefers to examine all known facts and information on a situation or subject in a very careful and methodical way. Melanchotius is often haunted by a persistent sadness, and he usually shows a lack of interest and pleasure in rewarding and/or enjoyable activities.

He’s the smallest member of his entire family, clocking in at the approximate height of 6’ 10” (208.28 cm). He possesses a partial ectomorphic body type with slim, elongated limbs, slightly broad shoulders, and a bloated belly. His greenish-yellow, ashen skin has purplish stretch marks on the upper arms, legs, chest, and belly as well as willow grove freckles on his face and neck. Melanchotius has six prominent moles: one on the left side of his nose; one on his right trapezius; one in the middle of his collarbone; and two on his left shoulder. The natural hue of his eyes are a sparkling cloud burst with chathams blue pupils, but his left eye is foggy. He has loose, veiny skin that’s spread between his arms and mid-torso. His head can split into four “petals” that reach to the base of his neck, revealing a part of his translucent skeletal structure. It houses his purplish brain that has a sparkling blue-grey eye in the middle as well as a greenish brainstem covered in pumping veins. His claws and talons are bronze, and he has a bluish vocal sac and a short mop of thick, messy off black balayage hair. He has a similar torso mouth to his older sister, Kholedursza, but he has five Wunderpus photogenicus tentacles and seven rows of sand tiger shark teeth. His outfit consists of salt box knickerbockers, a checkered bismark and blue Dianne raincoat, and a canvas ebony clay turtleneck.

He’s able to control black bile, allowing him to project an offensive amount of corrosive vomit at his targets and create spiked barriers. Similar to his older sister, he can use his black bile to heal internal organs and decrease his sadness. Melanchotius can create and manipulate everything that’s related to earth such as mineral compositions, soil, and metals. He can extract huge boulders and hurl them at people at high speeds, impale individuals with spikes, and create earthly Golekhamiv. He can also create an omni-directional wave of rocks around himself to defend from all attacks and make an armour of earth.

FAMILY:

Taxmozrepius Nirgazlushtej Stakhrebozun (grandfather)

Charuzlonje Khitjeboszupa L’Adrimophentus (grandparent)

Parnuzhoktesvi Jorszaden Sulpazrothine (mother)

Echaktorius (brother)

Phlegramonius (brother)

Kholedursza (sister)

ALIASES/NICKNAMES:

Black Bile

Melancholy

FUN FACTS/EXTRA INFORMATION:

He does deeply care about Kholedursza, but he’s secretly afraid of her.

He hates Phlegramonius because he constantly teases him for being the youngest.

As an Æylphitus, his name means “black bile”.

#writerscorner #writing #creative writing #original character #personality #physical appearance #outfit #abilities #power #body horror #blood #phlegm #yellow bile #cholera #black bile #melancholy #the four humors #humorism #fun facts #extra information

[warningsine]

WAD MADANI - Outbreaks of cholera and dengue fever in war-torn Sudan have left more than 100 people dead since August, the health ministry said on Saturday.

A total of 1,049 cases of cholera, 73 of them fatal, were recorded in Khartoum, Al-Jazira state to its south and Gedaref state to the its west, the ministry said.

Khartoum has been one of the main battlegrounds in the fighting between rival generals that has gripped the country since April.

Hundreds of thousands of residents of greater Khartoum have fled to calmer areas of Gedaref and Al-Jazira, overwhelming the supply of clean water.

Nine Sudanese states have recorded cases of mosquito-bourne dengue, with 49 deaths from a total of 3,316 cases, the ministry said.

Gedaref state, which borders Ethiopia, reported 2,152 of the cases and 33 of the deaths.

Even before the fighting broke out in April, Sudan’s healthcare system struggled to contain the disease outbreaks that accompany the country’s rainy season which begins in June.

Now – with hospitals bombed, medicines running low and many doctors fleeing the country – the healthcare system has been pushed to the brink.

The health ministry report said 70 per cent of hospitals in war-torn areas are out of service.

AFP

#sudan #cholera #dengue fever #news #Khartoum #Al Jazira