Vocabulary
A sharp increase in the number of cases of a disease.
Epidemic
She was “patient zero” in London's plague.
Who is Goodwoman Phillips?
This city experienced the first Cholera outbreak in 1854 (32).
What is London?
What does the suffix ology mean?
What is the study of, branch of, or knowledge about.
What are two common symptoms of Yellow Fever mentioned in the chapter?
Fever and Jaundice
Global epidemic or series of epidemics of a single disease affecting a large portion of the world at the same time.
Pandemic
He discovered how to predict a plague year by noticing that deaths from all causes were significantly higher leading up to the plague year.
Who is John Graunt?
This is the doctor who challenged the common belief about how cholera was spread (33).
Who is Dr. John Snow?
Who is the author of Patient Zero?
Marilee Peters
This insect was later discovered to carry and spread Yellow Fever.
What is mosquitoes?
Something that is passed down from one person or generation to the next.
Legacy
A successful businessman in London, who wrote in his diary about his experiences and the people he saw during the plague. (21)
Who is Samuel Pepys?
This is the cure for cholera (37).
What is clean drinking water?
Name 2 of the major epidemics mentioned in chapter 1 besides the plague. (23)
What are the Spanish influenza and Covid-19
This scientist first suggested that mosquitoes were responsible for spreading yellow fever, even though many people doubted him.
Who is Carlos Finlay?
What is the medicine that's a mixture of opium and alcohol that was often used to treat cholera?
What is Laudanum?
How did Goodwoman Phillips die? (11)
She was bled by the doctor, fainted and didn't wake again.
What evidence did John Snow use to support his claim that cholera was spread through contaminated water?
He mapped cholera cases and discovered that many sick people had used water from the Broad Street pump.
Other than the bubonic plague, there are 2 other plague forms which come from the same bacteria. Name one.
What is the Pneumonic or Septicemic Plagues?
This was another common theory that was floated for being the possible cause of Yellow Fever.
What is transmission through clothing and bed sheets?
The first patient in a plague
Patient Zero
Whose job was responsible for recording and reporting births and deaths? p.13
Who are searchers?
What vocabulary word describes the scientific study of disease spread?
What is epidemiology?
What is the difference between epidemic and pandemic?
Localized (one place) vs. world wide (all over)
This person created the first viable vaccine for Yellow Fever in 1936 (70).
Who is Dr. Max Theiler?