CHOLERA-Plague of 19th Century, First Global Epidemic; Day of Fasting proclaimed by President Taylor

American Minute ^ | July 9, 2019 | Bill Federer

[Perseverando]

From the beginning of recorded history, 100's of millions have died from epidemics.

Some of the most dreaded plagues include:

Plague of Pharaoh Akhenaten of Egypt, circa 1350 BC;

Philistine Plague after capturing the Ark of God (I Samuel 5-6);

Plague of Athens, circa 430 BC, 100,000 deaths;

Plague of Antonine, 165 AD, brought back by troops from the Middle East, 5 million deaths;

Plague of Justinian, beginning in 541 AD, killing an estimated 100 million, half of the world's known population;

Black Death-Bubonic Plague, beginning in 1334, killed an estimated 75 to 200 million;

Cocoliztli Plague in Mexico, beginning in 1545, 15 million deaths;

Plagues of London, 1563, 1592, 1603, and Great Plague of 1665, which killed 100,000, a fifth of London’s population;

South America, 1650, malaria.

The worst plagues which spread to America include:

New England, 1616, 1633, 1713, 1721, 1732, 1747, 1788, thousands of deaths in Boston, spreading in crowded cities, and decimating native Indian populations, symptoms indicate possibly yellow fever, bubonic plague, influenza, smallpox, measles, chickenpox, typhus;

[Perseverando]

And now for today's real (not fake) American history lesson brought to us by the American Minute.

[Sans-Culotte]

One of its likely victims was Taylor’s predecessor in the White House - James K Polk.

[Western Phil]

Lots of victims among the travelers on the Oregon Trail.

Some time ago I read that death is due to dehydration from the associated uncontrollable diarrhea. Don’t know what the treatment is now, but the article claimed that in India they had discovered an economical cure - water enigmas

[oldasrocks]

If the libs came down with this there would nothing left but an empty sack.

[SunkenCiv]

Note: this topic is from 07/10/2019. Thanks Perseverando.