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  1. The Oncoming Threat of Cholera in New Orleans in 1849
    date December 30, 1848 to January 11, 1849map ORLEANS, Louisianatags New Orleans, cholera

    After a sixteen-year hiatus, cholera was once again on the doorstep of New Orleans. On December 30, 1848, reports from Pittsburgh began circling that cholera was the responsible agent for thirteen deaths aboard steamships known as the Diadem, the Watkins, and the Savannah; all of which had docked in the New Orleans harbor. A message from Cincinnati stated that fourteen people aboard the Peytona, which...

  2. Fear Across the Atlantic:  Cholera’s Journey towards Washington D.C. in 1866
    date September, 1985 to 1985map District of Columbia, District of Columbiatags washington d.c., cholera

    In September of 1865, citizens of the city of Washington D.C. heard troubling tales from across the Atlantic of a rapidly westward spreading plague of Cholera.  The disease caused victims to experience extreme diarrhea until dehydration set in.  Without replenishment of fluids, victims were doomed causing around a 50% fatality rate.  Newspapers described it as a disease “so fatal…it begins with...

  3. Success against Cholera: Washington D.C. Watches Science Advance
    date May, 1866 to 1866map Washington City, District of Columbiatags washington d.c., cholera

    In May of 1866, Washington D.C. was embroiled in political challenges.  Cholera was spreading throughout the country.  In addition, the recently ended Civil War left politicians divided over the issue of Southern representation and reconstruction.  The question of how to deal with Southern reconstruction was at an all-time high.  By the summer of 1866 the idea of Southern representation in Congress...

  4. The Change of Society in New Orleans Brought on by Cholera in 1849
    date December 30, 1848 to February 17, 1849map ORLEANS, Louisianatags cholera, New Orleans

    The devastation of cholera resumed in New Orleans on January 13, 1849 when the Medical Board pronounced that the disease had made its way into the levee. As was the case in the cholera epidemic of 1833, no one could explain why it had suddenly sprouted up again. There had not been many records indicating that ships from Europe had brought any cases of the disease in the most recent months. Theodore...