The Cholera Pandemic
We have the Cholera Pandemic of 1826-1837 to thank for the development of the intravenous saline drip, based on the work of Dr. Thomas Latta of Leith, Edinburgh. Over 250,000 people died around the world before the pandemic burned itself out. The Cholera Pandemic The Causes of Disease Were a Mystery Before modern medicine, the entire Western world believed every disease or illness, physiological or mental, was caused by an imbalance or disturbance within the body. Known as 'humors' these disturbances were thought to be brought about by a miasma: foul air breathed in, which [...]
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