![]() ![]() ![]() Blamed on the filth in the cities, reforms followed in some. In the US, the crisis peaked in 18 with the onset of cholera pandemics spread through fetid water systems. TB also came to the Americas with the settlers, and by the Civil War, TB was rampant. Leprosy was another killer in Europe, followed quickly by tuberculosis. The Great Plague hit London in 1665, killing over one hundred thousand. ![]() Pandemics are recorded in historical accounts, and those diseases included smallpox, plague, typhus, leprosy, syphilis, bubonic plague, and, by 1346, the Black Plague had erupted, killing millions. Over time, as cities grew, microorganisms had many more opportunities to infect. Chapter 9: Microbe Magnets and Chapter 10: Distant Thunder Summary and AnalysisĬhapter 9 explains that prior to 6000 B.C., large cities were rare, and most of the illness threats were parasitic, or transmitted by insects. ![]()
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