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Cholera in Nineteenth Century New York

WEBCholera again ravaged Europe in 1848. In December the New York, a ship with three hundred passengers that had been exposed to cholera, was quarantined on Staten …

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Epidemics: Cholera in Nineteenth Century New York

WEBCholera, transmitted by contaminated food and water, causes diarrhea and vomiting so severe that death by dehydration is possible if the symptoms are left untreated. When …

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Cholera in Nineteenth Century New York

WEBCholera again struck New York City the year after the Civil War ended, and three years after the city had been wracked by the Draft Riots. Demographic changes in the city between …

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The Sick Goose and the Council of Health

WEBIn the years before the cholera vibrio virus was isolated and germ theory was successfully adopted by the medical profession, curatives like water therapy (hydropathy), …

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WEBThe presence of cholera during the winter, even if less severe, roused the Board of Health from its slumber, but the resulting implementation was half-hearted.

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WEBNew York’s Metropolitan Board of Health, largely as a result of its well-publicized response to cholera in 1866, offered a model for other American cities to follow in subsequent …

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WEBCholera affected millions of people as it spread from its point of origin in northeastern India and marched along trade routes in the late 1820s and into Europe in the early 1830s.

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Cholera in London

WEBThis satirical look at cholera-hunting in London demonstrates how futile the efforts of the medical profession seemed during the deadly 1831-32 cholera outbreak.

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The Great Fire of 1835/Great Fire Begins

WEBThe Great Fire Begins. a wire service suspension. From. Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, March 7, 1891. Two days later, on the evening of December 16th, the …

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Underground Life in New York

WEBOriginal Caption: Health officers clearing out a "dive." Description: Event Date: Publication: Harper's Weekly. July 12, 1873. Artist: Owner: Source: Tearsheet

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WEBThe Common Council, the legislative branch of New York City government, appointed a standing Board of Health in 1805 after a series of yellow fever epidemics had ravaged …

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Germans-Encyclopedia of New York City

WEBThe large influx of German immigrants to the city led to the establishment of many breweries. George Ehret, a German immigrant who opened the Hell Gate brewery in …

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Suppressing Nuisances

WEBOriginal Caption: The Metropolitan Board of Health suppressing nuisances in a tenement house in New York City. Description: Event Date: Publication:

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Blacks-Encyclopedia of New York City

WEBBy 1850 most of the city's blacks were living in or near Greenwich Village, and by 1860 others had settled on the West Side between 10th and 30th streets, the infamous …

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