The first cholera pandemic (1817–1824), also known as the first Asiatic cholera pandemic or Asiatic cholera, began near the city of Calcutta and spread throughout South Asia and …

The first cholera pandemic occurred in the Bengal region of India, near Calcutta (now Kolkata), starting in 1817 through 1824. The disease dispersed from India to Southeast Asia, the Middle …

Sep 12, 2017 · One of the first detailed accounts of a cholera epidemic comes from Gaspar Correa—Portuguese historian and author of Legendary India—who described an outbreak in …

5 days ago · Cholera caused 3,000 deaths in Peru the first year, and it soon infected Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, and Chile and leaped northward to Central America and Mexico.

Even as the period of the first cholera epidemics was a period of turbu-lence, so also it was a period of reform. The cholera played an immediate role in forwarding sanitation reform, urban …

The onset of COVID-19 has been shocking—in terms of global spread and relatively high lethality—but it is hardly the first pandemic to have such a sudden and alarming onset. When …

In this, the first of a series of cholera studies, the history of the disease from its earliest recorded appearance up to 1923 is outlined, and its geographical distribution described. The origins and …

Starting in 1819, a series of cholera pandemics spread the disease from the Ganges in India to the rest of the world, killing millions of people. In 1854, 23,000 died from the disease in the UK.

Jul 21, 2023 · The first recorded pandemic of cholera emerged in 1817, originating in the delta of the Ganges River in India. From there, the disease rapidly spread across Asia, Europe, and …

The first cholera pandemic (1817–1824), also known as the first Asiatic cholera pandemic or Asiatic cholera, began near the city of Calcutta and spread throughout South Asia and …