Plague
Goodwoman Phillips began having symptoms of the plague. What were those symptoms? (I will take one symptom)
"...her head began aching, and her back and limbs pained her so much..."
Define miasma
a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease
Typhoid was considered "a disease of the poor" because...
Name two symptoms of yellow fever.
Racing Pulse, Stomach Cramps, Fever, Yellow Skin and Eyes (Jaundiced), Vomiting Black, Clotted Blood
Influenza virus is spread through __________.
Infected Droplets
What three items did the tall man bring to Goodwoman Phillips?
A cup, a cloth, and a knife
The doctor who first suspected the theory of miasma causing cholera was incorrect.
Dr. John Snow
Soper ran tests throughout the Warren's home to eliminate theories of how typhoid had spread. Name a test Soper conducted.
The plumbing, home's cesspool, contaminated milk, interviewed family members, contaminated shellfish.
The test subjects were given $__________ in gold for participating. If they caught yellow fever, they received $__________ in gold as well.
$100, $100
The first recorded patient during the influenza pandemic.
Private Gitchell
What is an epidemiologist's role in epidemics?
Instead of curing patients, he/she try to understand who is getting sick and why, how the disease is spreading, and how it can be stopped.
The profession developed from Dr. John Snow's practice with chloroform and ether.
Anesthesiologists
Dr. Sara Josephine Baker was chosen to convince Mary Mallon to test because...
Josephine was one of the department's few women doctors.
Name the three theories which were tested to discover the transmission of yellow fever.
Name places which were closed due to the influenza pandemic. (Name Three)
Movie theaters, dance halls, libraries, restaurants, and churches.
What were some proposed methods of preventing the plague? (List Two)
Doctor's held gold coins in their mouths, herbs and spices combined with vinegar or tar be burned, chewed or smoked tobacco, protective amulets, or trinkets from con artists.
The source of the cholera outbreak in South London.
The Broad Street pump
After Dr. Baker identified Mary Mallon as the hospital's cook, Mary Mallon spent ___________ years on North Brother Island.
23
Agramonte
Carroll
Lazear
Reed
Part A: Why do we get sick with the flu year after year?
Part B: What two ways can it mutate?
The virus mutates year to year. Our body recognizes the other strains, but not the new one. It can mutate in two ways: antigenic drift or antigenic shift.
The animals which may carry Yersinia pestis (bacteria which caused the plague).
Choose Three
Squirrels, prairie dogs, chipmunks, rabbits, mice, voles, and rats.
The product installed in London after John Snow's discovery of the spread of cholera. It helped transport waste further down the Thames.
A sewer system
Name AT LEAST four symptoms of Typhoid.
A crushing headache
Fever
Diarrhea
Cramps
Fatigue
Name the man who first believed that yellow fever was caused by the bite of a mosquito.
Dr. Carlos Finlay
What rumor was started about the spanish influenza in relation with the German Army?
It was a "secret weapon" spread by the German army. Also, the German army filled seeds with the disease which was found in the poison gas.