3. rev 2 compare Black Death with cholera epicdemic- explain 2 ways similar Flashcards
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What was the overall similarity between the Black Death (14th C) and Cholera Epidemics (19th C)?
Both had a devastating impact on the population and faced initial struggles to understand and effectively respond to their causes.
What core idea explains why both diseases caused widespread death and panic?
A lack of understanding of their true cause.
What caused the Black Death, and how was it spread?
Yersinia pestis bacteria, spread by fleas on rats.
What caused 19th-century cholera epidemics, and how was it spread?
Bacteria in contaminated water.
What was the immediate impact of both the Black Death and Cholera on urban populations?
Devastating impact, widespread death and panic, social upheaval, and breakdown of normal life.
What was the short-term impact of both diseases on public life?
Mass burials, temporary collapse of public services, and widespread panic.
What was the long-term negative impact of both diseases on society?
Significant loss of life and societal disruption, due to prevailing incorrect theories.
What core idea describes the initial public health responses to both diseases?
They were largely ineffective, based on incorrect theories.
Give two examples of initial public health responses to the Black Death.
Religious explanations, miasma theory, simple quarantines, or rubbish burning.
Give two examples of initial public health responses to cholera in the 19th century.
Cleaning streets, removing rubbish, or trying to improve ventilation (based on miasma theory).
What short-term development during cholera epidemics provided evidence against miasma theory?
John Snow’s meticulous mapping of the 1854 Broad Street outbreak.
What was the long-term impact of both outbreaks on public health understanding and government action?
Contributed to a slow shift towards more scientific understanding and government intervention in public health.
What massive, positive government interventions resulted from the experience of cholera epidemics in the long term?
Investment in sanitation, clean water, and sewage systems.
