What is the plot of The Ghost Map?
What is the plot of The Ghost Map?
The Ghost Map: The Story of London’s Most Terrifying Epidemic – and How it Changed Science, Cities and the Modern World is a book by Steven Berlin Johnson in which he describes the most intense outbreak of cholera in Victorian London and centers on John Snow and Henry Whitehead.
What is the main point of The Ghost Map?
In addition to studying cholera and the history of epidemiology, The Ghost Map is a meditation on the history and importance of urban planning—a field of study that many people are barely aware exists. In the 19th century, London was one of the only cities in the world to cram so many people into so little space.
How many chapters are in The Ghost Map?
Structure. The structure of the telling of the 1854 cholera epidemic in the Soho district of London is an unusual one. There are basically eight chapters which are designated by dates during the epidemic. Although the cholera bacteria was a virulent strain that spread rapidly, it only lasted a week.
Why is The Ghost Map called The Ghost Map?
It was found that this pump was dug too close to a cesspit which had already been contaminated with cholera and had been leaking contaminated material into the well. That map later became known as “The Ghost Map”.
Who created the ghost map?
Steven Johnson
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When did the ghost map take place?
1854
The Ghost Map takes place in the summer of 1854.
What disease is cholera?
Cholera is an acute diarrheal illness caused by infection of the intestine with Vibrio cholerae bacteria. People can get sick when they swallow food or water contaminated with cholera bacteria. The infection is often mild or without symptoms, but can sometimes be severe and life-threatening.
What type of book is the ghost map?
Non-fiction
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How did baby Lewis get cholera?
Lewis had soaked the diarrhea-soiled diapers in pails of water. Thereafter she emptied the pails in the cesspool opening in front of her house. Likely baby Lewis had Vibrio cholerae which contaminated the napkin used to absorb diarrhea.
Did Henry Whitehead believe in the miasma theory?
A former believer in the miasma theory of disease, Whitehead worked to disprove false theories, but eventually came to prefer John Snow’s idea that cholera spreads through water contaminated by human waste.
What is watery Diarrhoea?
Diarrhoea is when your bowel movements become loose or watery. The definition of diarrhoea is passing loose or watery bowel movements 3 or more times in a day (or more frequently than usual). Diarrhoea occurs when the lining of the intestine is unable to absorb fluid, or it actively secretes fluid.
