Author: Irving Frederick BurtonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cholera
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
The Cholera Epidemic in Detroit, 1832 and 1834
Author: Irving Frederick BurtonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cholera
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Cholera in Detroit
Author: Richard AdlerPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786474793
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
During the mid- to late 19th century, Detroit and the American Midwest were the sites of five major cholera epidemics. The first of these, the 1832 outbreak, was of particular significance--an unexpected consequence of the Black Hawk War. In order to suppress the Native American uprising then taking place in regions around present-day Illinois, General Winfield Scott had been ordered by President Andrew Jackson to transport his troops from Virginia to the Midwest. While passing through New York State the men were exposed to cholera, transmitting the disease to the population of Detroit once they reached that city. As a result, cholera was established as an endemic disease in the upper Midwest. Further outbreaks took place in 1834, 1849, 1854 and 1866, ultimately resulting in the deaths of hundreds of individuals. This book is the story of those outbreaks and the efforts to control them.
Garnering Hegemony During an Epidemic
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cholera
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
When cholera arrived aboard the Henry Clay during the summer of 1832 in Detroit, it was the bacterial disease's major debut in Michigan. The symptoms were found to be horribly gruesome, and it was clear that cholera did not judge anyone by their wealth, ownership of property, or by their habits - good or bad. When the disease showed itself for the first time to Michiganders, physicians and regular citizens alike had no idea how to combat the disease, which led to a divisive and at times violent dispute between Detroiters and most rural Michigan residents. I attempt to uncover how this created the perfect situation for those who were generally in power and needed to lay blame to gain hegemony over undesirable populations: the intemperate, homeless, and those who usually did not conform to popular Christian ideals.
Cholera in Detroit
Author: Richard AdlerPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476612129
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
During the mid- to late 19th century, Detroit and the American Midwest were the sites of five major cholera epidemics. The first of these, the 1832 outbreak, was of particular significance--an unexpected consequence of the Black Hawk War. In order to suppress the Native American uprising then taking place in regions around present-day Illinois, General Winfield Scott had been ordered by President Andrew Jackson to transport his troops from Virginia to the Midwest. While passing through New York State the men were exposed to cholera, transmitting the disease to the population of Detroit once they reached that city. As a result, cholera was established as an endemic disease in the upper Midwest. Further outbreaks took place in 1834, 1849, 1854 and 1866, ultimately resulting in the deaths of hundreds of individuals. This book is the story of those outbreaks and the efforts to control them.
The Cholera Epidemic of 1832 in New York City ...
Author: Charles E. RosenbergCholera 1832
Author: R. J. MorrisPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000566595
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Originally published in 1976, this is the account of British society’s response to the threat of disease. It is the story of an administrative fight to exclude the disease by quarantine and to persuade commerce and working-class people to observe carefully thought-out regulations. The story of one of failure – of men hampered by lack of information, lack of resources and lack of a convincing scientific explanation. Medical science failed to see that infected water supplies were the major carriers of the epidemic and failed to acknowledge saline infusion (the basis of successful modern treatment) when it was presented to them by an obscure local surgeon in Leith. The social structure of the medical profession was as much a barrier to scientific advance as the technical limitations of statistical method and microscope. These reactions are explained in terms of the expectations and the understanding of those involved as well as in terms of modern medical knowledge and sociological theory.
The Cholera Years
Author: Charles E. RosenbergPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Explores how the cholera epidemics of 1832, 1849, and 1866 changed the medical and social history of the nineteenth century.
The Cholera Year: the Cholera Epidemic of 1832 in New York City
Author: Charles RosenbergLandmarks of Wayne County and Detroit
Author: Robert Budd RossPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Detroit (Mich.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1604
Book Description
A Hanging in Detroit
Author: David G. ChardavoynePublisher: Wayne State University Press
ISBN: 9780814331330
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
The first historical study-and a riveting account-of the last execution in Michigan.