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You have to understand how dirty the cities and towns were at this time. People did not have any sort of indoor Plumbing and threw the contents of their "chamber pots" into the streets each morning. They had absolutely no idea of how diseases were spread nor did they have any treatments for them. What they had were just superstitions. These are the reasons, why the cholera was so much prevalent in Victorian times.
What else can I help you with?
What symtems were there of cholera in Victorian times?
Cholera in Victorian times was the same as it is now. It is a GI disease with vomiting and diarrhea mainly. Some times the diarrhea is called "rice water" because of the color of it looks like the color of water that had rice cooked in it. Loss of water can be up to 5 gallons a day. A person looks almost blue because they as so dehydrated.
Why was melodrama so popular in Victorian times?
Because it was cheap and entertaining.
How does a cholera vaccination make you immune to cholera?
In cholera vaccination you are injected the dead cells of cholera. So you get antibodies to cholera. This vaccine is not very effective. The protection rate is some where 50 to 60 % only. So you can not keep faith on the vaccine for protection from cholera.
When did cholera first exist?
Cholera has existed since ancient times in the Ganges delta so it may have originated somewhere on the Indian sub-continent. The bacteria which causes cholera may have evolved in that area. It uses the human intestine to breed and spread.
Did thy have butter icing in the Victorian times?
They had white icing on wedding cakes so I suppose so!
What more than double in Victorian times?
you looked here so you are a fairy way
Why did the pantomime become so popular in the Victorian times?
because they only watched pantos in winter
What did people wear in Victorian workhouses?
In the Victorian workhouse times the poor people had to wear a uniform so the outside knew they were poor and knew they were from the workhouse.
What happens when you breathe cholera?
You will not get the cholera by breathing the cholera bacilli. They can infect the gut only. You may get immunized to cholera. But immunity to cholera is short lasting and is not very effective as well. By injecting dead cholera bacilli you get the immunity for cholera.
How to make the diagnosis of cholera?
Cholera comes in epidemic. The profuse watery diarrhoea with rice water stool is almost diagnostic of cholera. You can confirm the diagnosis by culture of the vibrio cholerae bacteria from the stool of the patient. So many times you get isolated patients with painless watery diarrhoea. You make diagnosis of a cholera like syndrome in such cases. Such patients usually readily respond to tablet furazolidone 100 mg four tablets stat and then two tablets three times a day. Many times the loose motion stops suddenly after the first dose only.
Why is the peer group so prevalent in your society?
why is the peer group so prevalent in society
Did they have phones to carry around in Victorian times?
No, there were no portable phones in the Victorian Era.
