cholera /oss/taxonomy/term/4536/all en The Discovery of Cholera /oss/article/health-videos/discovery-cholera <p></p><div class="media-youtube-video media-element file-default media-youtube-1"> <iframe class="media-youtube-player" id="media-youtube-jnzl0ptect8" width="640" height="390" title="Dr. Joe Schwarcz on the discovery of cholera" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/JnZL0PTEct8?wmode=opaque&controls=&enablejsapi=1&modestbranding=1&playerapiid=media-youtube-jnzl0ptect8&origin=https%3A//www.mcgill.ca&rel=0" name="Dr. Joe Schwarcz on the discovery of cholera" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="">Video of Dr. Joe Schwarcz on the discovery of cholera</iframe> </div> Thu, 10 Dec 2020 20:53:30 +0000 OSS 8528 at /oss Contact Tracing is the Key To Solving the Spread of Infectious Diseases /oss/article/covid-19-health-history/contact-tracing-key-solving-spread-infectious-disease <p>Today it is COVID-19 that is sowing panic around the world but in 19th century England the fear was of cholera, a dreadful disease. It causes diarrhea so severe that a victim can lose as much as ten liters of water in a day. If untreated, it can lead to rapid dehydration and death within a few days. The disease first appeared in Europe in 1831, an undesired import from the Indian subcontinent where it was endemic. Over 50,000 Britons died within a year, causing widespread panic. Physicians didn’t know what to do.</p> Wed, 20 May 2020 19:18:03 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 8253 at /oss