The Terrors of Cholera

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[shroomyk]

Losing 6 liters of water a day out the ass. That is intense.

[simonnachreiner]

It really is something how Cholera went from an illness that would clear through a town like the bubonic plague to literally being treated with Gatorade. Despite the circular patterns of history humanity really has come far.

[Egg-ehg]

Violently vomiting and shitting yourself to death is horrifying

[barnaby]

Hi Microbiology graduate here, I just wanted to say this is incredibly well researched and succinct and touched on a lot of what I learned about cholera in my degree!

[rzpogi]

According to my Maternal Grandmother, while the Spanish Flu was not common here in the Philippines, she always hear of Cholera outbreaks here until the 1930s. That is when the Americans finish creating a clean water source for residents here.

[hermanmunchther]

I can't fathom that even back then they couldn't piece together the "don't shit where you eat" logic

[ahsanrahib]

I am just recovering from it. I was fine one day then i started feeling extremely weak. It felt like i lost all muscle strength and felt like ill fall if i get up. I was extremely dehydrated even tho i was drinking 8-9 liters a day. i had to get antibacs and electrolytes to recover.

[aboveaverageazzuen]

Fun fact. A washer woman I think in Ireland discovered that the water by the brewery was never infected with Cholera (that's because they boiled the water to brew the beer and activate the yeast) and I think that before the time of antibiotics and such it was known that "brewers water" was always safe

[AshleyRose]

This bacteria has always fascinated me. It’s scary how powerful a bacteria can be causing someone to potentially die within hours/days

[vega]

I learned about Cholera, by reading an American Girl book. Kirsten, a Swedish girl was traveling on ferry to immigrate, and her best friend died from cholera. A very descriptive book. I’m still traumatized from that.

[emmarina]

During the cholera outbreak in Egypt (God knows which one of the 10), my grandpa watched his great-uncle getting buried alive because he was infected. I couldn't find any site talking about live burials anywhere though

Turns out also it was an anomalous situation, as mass live burials were never documented. He was in a remote village however

[cadencase]

That description of what plaque is in the begininng is about to make me go from brushing twice a day to four times a day.

[vex_ahlia]

This man really put the sponsor part right after explaining purgative diarrhea.

[agnel]

As an Indian I'm just moved by how much my fellow Indians have ensured and continue to endure.

[glitchy_weasel]

Fantastic episode. Diseases that spread through contaminated water sources are just frightening.

[thecalmbeforethemaelstrom]

8:19 I actually took a class that talked about this while I was studying in London. The crucial part of coming to this conclusion was the fact that one house in the rich neighborhood, just a block away, also suffered from the cholera outbreak. when asked, the rich family stated that they preferred the taste of the water coming from the well in the poor neighborhood as opposed to the water from their own, citing that the (infected) well had sweeter water. This led the doctor to reject his initial findings that the disease affected exclusively poor people and concluded that it was in fact a water borne illness.

[benmcreynolds]

Please do more videos like this. This is facinating. I'd watch any video that dives into diverse obscure topics. This stuff is really interesting to learn about.

[Warchick]

The fire hydrant video for purgative diarrhea absolutely killed me.

[stephanieparker]

Cholera cots… finally I won’t need to get up from my computer chair.

[YetAnotherUser]

Probably the most underappreciated science channel on here god damn