Yellow Fever in Cornwall in 1856. Where other such outbreaks reported in Ireland, Britain, or western Europe? Although there is now a vaccine for the disease which has been found in Central America and also Africa. During construction of the Panama Canal 1904 - 1914 considerable research was done there to determine the cause of Yellow Fever and how to combat it and treat its symptoms. A Yellow Fever Epidemic was reported in Philadelphia, PA in 1793. It is thought that disease arrived with coffee bean shipment from South America. Other nasty epidenmics, possibly early unrecognized Swine-like influenzas were also found during the 19th century. Cholera was prevalent due to contaminated water sources, such as those in newly industrialized Cornish towns, or there may have ben a pre-1904-1914 "Spanish" influenza of some type, which returning WWI soldiers contacted in the nasty trenches of France, or the dreaded bubonic plague, which did appear worldwide during the 19th century. . Steade In a message dated 10/3/2012 6:26:30 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Hello Tom - Yellow fever is normally a rather tropical disease, isn't it? Panama canal, and all that. It's still prevalent in Sub-Saharan Africa, I believe. But it can, and does, appear elsewhere. In fact, we think one of my relies was killed in such an outbreak - hundreds of persons buried in a common grave, because the powers-that-be didn't want the news to get out, and deter people from moving into the area!! (which was swamp-like, but a center on the main highways.) So there's no record of who was buried, unfortunately. Yellow fever is a virus spread by mosquitos, and in the first stage one has a horrendous headache, muscular aches and pains (as in really bad flu), loss of appetite - and jaundice is common, which is where it got it's name. The first stage appears about 3 to 6 days after being bitten. The second stage is remission - it seems all or some of the symptoms have gone away. Unfortunately, this only lasts a short time (24 hours). The third stage is that y! our organs (hearts, kidneys) stop working; seizures, coma, and delirium may be present. From what I've found out, there isn't a specific medicine to combat it; doctors use a combination of things to correct different symptoms. People still die from it! But imagine what it was like in the 1850's, without all our sulfa drugs, etc. Several curates/vicars kept record of causes of deaths in the parish records, especially when an epidemic swept the area, in the early 1800's. Then they were ordered not to do so! (I'm still unsure why that was done.) But it was reported in the West Briton, so it has to be true. Right?? <g> Hope this helps, Julia> > with the amount of deaths in Cornwall on that date i checked and apparently > an outbreak of yellow fever? i recall the name of it but not the cause or > symptoms tom veale > ------------------------------- Listmom: [email protected] or [email protected] Visit the OPC (Online Parish Clerk) web page for transcription information http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2012 12:59 AM Subject: Re: [CORNISH-GEN] Yellow fever outbreak in 1856 > Yellow Fever in Cornwall in 1856. Where other such outbreaks reported in > Ireland, Britain, or western Europe? > > Although there is now a vaccine for the disease which has been found in > Central America and also Africa. During construction of the Panama Canal > 1904 - 1914 considerable research was done there to determine the cause > of > Yellow Fever and how to combat it and treat its symptoms. > > A Yellow Fever Epidemic was reported in Philadelphia, PA in 1793. It is > thought that disease arrived with coffee bean shipment from South > America. > > Other nasty epidenmics, possibly early unrecognized Swine-like influenzas > were also found during the 19th century. Cholera was prevalent due to > contaminated water sources, such as those in newly industrialized Cornish > towns, or there may have ben a pre-1904-1914 "Spanish" influenza of some > type, > which returning WWI soldiers contacted in the nasty trenches of France, > or > the dreaded bubonic plague, which did appear worldwide during the 19th > century. . > > Steade > > > In a message dated 10/3/2012 6:26:30 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > > Hello Tom - Yellow fever is normally a rather tropical disease, isn't it? > Panama canal, and all that. It's still prevalent in Sub-Saharan Africa, I > believe. But it can, and does, appear elsewhere. In fact, we think one > of my relies was killed in such an outbreak - hundreds of persons buried > in > a common grave, because the powers-that-be didn't want the news to get > out, > and deter people from moving into the area!! (which was swamp-like, but a > center on the main highways.) So there's no record of who was buried, > unfortunately. Yellow fever is a virus spread by mosquitos, and in the > first > stage one has a horrendous headache, muscular aches and pains (as in > really > bad flu), loss of appetite - and jaundice is common, which is where it > got > it's name. The first stage appears about 3 to 6 days after being bitten. > The second stage is remission - it seems all or some of the symptoms have > gone away. Unfortunately, this only lasts a short time (24 hours). The > third > stage is that y! > our organs (hearts, kidneys) stop working; seizures, coma, and delirium > may be present. From what I've found out, there isn't a specific > medicine > to combat it; doctors use a combination of things to correct different > symptoms. People still die from it! But imagine what it was like in the > 1850's, > without all our sulfa drugs, etc. Several curates/vicars kept record of > causes of deaths in the parish records, especially when an epidemic swept > the area, in the early 1800's. Then they were ordered not to do so! (I'm > still unsure why that was done.) But it was reported in the West Briton, > so it > has to be true. Right?? <g> Hope this helps, Julia> >> with the amount of deaths in Cornwall on that date i checked and > apparently >> an outbreak of yellow fever? i recall the name of it but not the cause > or >> symptoms tom veale >> > > > ------------------------------- > Listmom: [email protected] or [email protected] > > Visit the OPC (Online Parish Clerk) web page for transcription > information > http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject > and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > Listmom: [email protected] or [email protected] > > Visit the OPC (Online Parish Clerk) web page for transcription information > http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >