Maps that Cure?

1. Maps that Cure? Grade: 7 or 8

2. Cholera Outbreak of 1854 Cholera: an infection of the small intestine that causes a large amount of watery diarrhea which can lead to dehydration and death. August 31st, 1854: An extreme outbreak of Cholera on Broad Street in London occurs. Over the next 3 days 127 people on or near Broad Street die. In the next week, ¾ the people who lived near or on Broad Street flea while the death toll rises to 500 by September 10th.

3. Where was it coming from?

4. John Snow • British physician • Vegetarian, teetotal, and always boiled his water before use • skeptic of the miasma theory • Went into the area where people had been fleeing cholera to conduct studies and interviews • Created a map that showed where deaths were occurring in the Broad Street area • This map would save the lives of hundreds of people

6. It came from the WATER!? • Snow concluded through his interviews and studies of his dot map that people who used the Broad Street pump contracted the disease • He asked that all the pumps in that area have their handles removed to stop use • After doing this the cases of cholera were drastically reduced

7. Medical Geography Discoveries • Colorado Dentists • Malaria • 1918 Flu Spanish Flu Outbreak

8. THEEND! : )

9. Works Cited • http://www.africanews.com/site/Zambia_Cholera_cases_drop/list_messages/23366 • https://www.google.com/health/ref/Cholera • http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ • http://www.murray.k12.ga.us/teacher/kara%20leonard/Mini%20T's/Games/Games.htm • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholera • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Snow_(physician)