On this episode, we unravel the horrifying reality of cholera, a disease that bears a chilling resemblance to a zombie outbreak. Join us as we delve into the heroics of John Snow...a man who does know something...He single handedly unraveled the connection between contaminated water and cholera, proving that a little fecal matter goes a long way.

 

Music: Intro: The Worms Crawl In by JackHunterMusic & Outro by Epidemic Sound Ghosted SOOP.

 

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Sources:https://www.directrelief.org/issue/cholera/

https://www.ph.ucla.edu/epi/snow/fatherofepidemiology_part2.html

Source : https://sickcityproject.wordpress.com/2013/03/11/john-snow-and-cholera/

Source:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7150208/#:~:text=John%20Snow%20conducted%20pioneering%20investigations,key%20source%20of%20the%20epidemics.

Source: .(https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/cholera)

 

Mortality on Immigrant Voyages: https://www.jstor.org/stable/2120706

Slums & Slumming in the Late Victorian Era: https://victorianweb.org/history/slums.html

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