Scarlet Fever

The author stated, “Instead of sin. Boston was rife with it (smallpox)... Thank Providence” and “southern wild… she scratched my skin and I got sick” which gives the reader a sense of how the two settings were different; Boston was filled with cases of smallpox whereas Providence was free of it which explains why Mather was not sick from it. In the southern wild where Onesimus’s mother scratched his skin depicted the desperation of a mother to keep her son from the illnesses that was apparent in their region. Her desperation is shown through imagery (scratched) whereas without it the reader loses the sight of her battle to protect her son. The diction in the poem showed the time period with their distinct words that are no longer used often. For example, Mather stated, “Consider how a man can take inside all manner of disease and still survive.” The syntax and diction shown is rarely used in today’s world because of how ‘proper’ they spoke in the 1700s, a Victorian style diction. Without diction, the reader could easily assume that the smallpox epidemic was happening or took place in the 2000s. Moreover, the story that started with a question of smallpox took a turn to explore the history and enslavement of

Throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, as the country grew and trade flourished, periodic epidemics struck regions of the nation as population density increased. Outbreaks of influenza, cholera took over the nation, and in the south, one of the most prevalent was yellow fever. Due to these diseases, a lot of public health policies were either created or changed to better suit the new issues arising. In this essay, I will argue that the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 brought upon many changes in the health realm in terms of public sanitation. In order to prove the epidemic s place in the history of health policies, I will be discussing the creation of the new sewer system, waste disposal techniques, and other projects created.

In the book "Letters From Rifka" Rifka and her family, except Saul, got a potentially deadly disease called Typhus. this choice an challenge will give information on this disease like how it is contracted, where it is most common, symptoms, treatment, severity, and the long-term effects of this disease.

Chapter One of of Jim Murphy’s book, An American Plague, opens with the quote, ‘About this time, this destroying scourge, the malignant fever, crept in among us” (Murphy 1). This quote is accredited to Mathew Carey in November, 1793. The term scourge is defined as, “a person or thing that cause great trouble of suffering,” and the term malignant is defined as, “tending to produce death or deterioration.” These are very strong terms with extremely negative connotative meanings. The figurative language which is evident in the quote at the opening of Chapter One is personification. Carey’s quote give yellow fever an eerie, human-like quality when he writes, “the destroying scourge, the malignant fever, CREPT in among us” (Murphy 1). CArey’s word choices and use of personification help to create a powerful image in the reader’s mind of the threat looming over the city of Philadelphia.\

Dysentery and diarrhea were a result of poor hygiene, close quarters with other sick soldiers and food not properly stored or prepared. Almost thirty percent of the population with chronic diarrhea died, while the survival rate for acute diarrhea was much higher. (Schoeder-Lein 86). Typhoid fever could mimic the symptoms of classic diarrhea and it was at times, hard to diagnose. According to CDC.gov, a person can get typhoid fever if they eat food or drink beverages that have been handled by a person who is shedding Salmonella Typhi or if sewage contaminated with Salmonella Typhi bacteria gets into the water they use for drinking or washing food. Considering the sources of transmitting typhoid fever, it is understandable that this was one of the top killing diseases during the Civil War. Malaria and Yellow fever were both mosquito borne illnesses. Mosquitoes are a nuisance to us today, but during the Civil War they wreaked havoc on the population and caused widespread devastation across the entire land, but primarily in the South. Not just because of the warm climate but the lack of cold weather severe enough to kill the mosquitoes themselves. Yellow fever is a horrific illness that has multiple

In the 1800s, scarlet fever was a common epidemic that spread around quickly. “In the nineteenth century, scarlet fever was one of the most feared of all childhood diseases, with a mortality of up to 35%” (Lerner). Scarlet fever was called the “plague of the youth” in the 1800s. The mortality rates were the highest in the United States, Western Europe, and Scandinavia. Around ninety percent of the cases were among two to eight year olds. It was focused in the more

The Scarlet Letter is a study of the effects of sin on the hearts and

Astoundingly, William Gogas was able to eraticate yellow fever in just 18 months. This illness along with Malaria wreaked havoc on the health and wellness of the canal population. Yellow fever was so pervasive and intrusive that it caused among fever and chills much more deadly symptoms including, organ failure, internal hemorrhaging, and jaundice. Much debate surrounded the transmission of yellow fever. Upon reading the effective results of Colonel Gorgas, I was inclined to research what methods he employed to tackle such a feat. I found through additional research a more thorough account of his eradication techniques which first included convincing President Theodore Roosevelt to front the price tag for a process most

Sherlock Holmes statement about a study in scarlet suggests, perhaps, a deeper meaning: “There’s the scarlet thread of murder running through the colorless skein of life, and our duty is to unravel it, and isolate it, and expose every inch of it (Doyle 40). In this sentence, two phrases jet out: scarlet thread and colorless skein. If we dive deep into meaning of what a scarlet thread is, we will find that it dates back into biblical times. According to the bible, scarlet is a sacred color that represents blood and ultimately, salvation. In the book of Exodus, it was the scarlet blood of the lamb that allowed homes to be spared from death. In the book of Joshua, when the walls of Jericho collapsed and the Israelites began taking over, he ordered

One of the many microorganisms that are present in human flora is Streptococcus Pyogenes. “This microorganism belongs in Group A β-hemolytic streptococcus” (VanMeter K.C and Hubert R.J, 2016,p.302). What is most surprising is that this same microorganism can also cause some of the most devastating diseases. According to Samson SY Wong and Kwok-Yung Yuen, (Streptococcus Pyogenes and re-emergence of scarlet fever as a public health problem,2012,para.2), “Streptococcus Pyogenes is one of the most virulent species causing human infections.” Conversely, if the same pathogen invades compromised skin, they can cause sepsis. Consequently, (Scarlet Fever: Overview-PubMed Health, 2017,p.2) “Although these kinds of serious complications are rare, they

In the mid 1820s, Herman fell ill to the scarlet fever. He wasn’t ill for long, but the fever had permanently damaged his eyesight. In the late 1820s and early into the 1830s, Herman’s

Yellow fever sets in quickly, often after an incubation period of less than a week. The infection is initially mild before moving to the acute phase, at which point symptoms will become more severe for a few days. Many patients will recover after this, although

The Varicella-Zoster virus causes a very infectious disease called Chickenpox. Chickenpox is usually acquired through the inhalation of airborne respiratory droplets from an infected host. Chickenpox is primarily acquired during childhood , with more than 90% of all reported cases occurring in children under the age of 10. A person with chickenpox can spread the virus without even showing any signs or symptoms. It is usually most easily transmitted two to three days before a rash appears and keeps that high transmission rate until the blisters have crusted over.

Acute respiratory illnesses are among the most common infectious diseases known to humans as they account for nearly half of all diseases that plague our species. Of these respiratory illnesses, viruses are the cause in 50-75% of reported cases. The Corona Virus known as SARS or Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome is one of the most recently highly publicized respiratory illness that has drawn a surge of research since the first reported cases of the virus in Southern China in 2002. This publicity was due to the disease’s possible complications, which can lead to the death of the host organism. Even the discoverer of the disease, Dr. Carlo Ubani of the World Health Organization unfortunately died shortly after

Chicken pox is one of the most infectious diseases around; approximately 90% of those who have never had chickenpox or were not vaccinated will become infected when they come into contact with the varicella zoster virus.