Significance that affected the entire country. And not simply an unfortunate policy carried out by a single president. You can watch this and other american artifacts programs by visiting our website, cspan. Org histor cspan. Org history. The president s just released in paperback. Presents biographies of every president. Visit our website, cspan. Org thepresident s and order your academy today, wherever books are sold. Next, American History tv speaks with history professor paul kelton about the spread of cholera in the 1800s. And how it affected native americans. Paul kelton, professor of history at Stony Brooke University and the author of a number of books, including epidemics and enslavements, lets talk about the cholera epidemic. First of all, what was it and how widespread was it in the 1800s . Well, the cholera epidemic was one of the first global epidemics that started cholera is a disease thats endemic to south asia and it spread out of south asia into europe. And theres a ma
1833 in 1834, a global pandemic. Affecting millions of people. What wasnt and what were its symptoms . What was the prognosis if you have cholera . You would not want to get it. It is a bacterial disease that spread through the water, through contaminated water. It quickly inc. Abates in the body and create massive diarrhea. Within six hours one will lose massive amounts of fluid. The body would go into spasms and turn blue. That was a telltale sign. The organs start to shut down with massive dehydration. The body turns blue and death could ensue in six hours from the beginning of the disease. Not every one died. But it was devastating and deadly. The symptoms were telling. Some people knew what it was. Where there treatments . The way we would treat it today would be rehydration. And there are and got x. Antibiotics. But in the 1830s never he understood that. They did not understand the body losing water and dehydration. Haram medicine was resorted to. Doses of mercury, opium, even bl
Our broadcasting live from our studios in moscow. As we recap the weeks top stories all right at least 4 iraqi soldiers have been injured in a rocket strike on the air base to the north of baghdad the facility also houses american personnel and was previously targeted after the u. S. Assassination of irans top general earlier my colleague discussed the story with. We still have a lot of different reports in terms of figures of how many missiles or mortars hit the base some are saying that 7 mortar bombs hit the bases runway another says 4 rockets hit the base but we have heard from Iraqi Security officials and they say that 8 katyusha rockets launched were launched at the base and made contact across the board though we do know that at least 4 Iraqi Military personnel have been injured and are hospitalized now we also know with the base its been in the news before because it had a sizeable american presence thats where american troops where in the part of the country its what about 50
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Some top voices we heard there from the World Of Sport. Im pleased to say were joined Byjack Murley Host of the bbc s lgbt sport podcast. Jack. Thank you forjoining us today. Tell us a bit about what we can expect and the challenges effectively for lgbt people . Its and the challenges effectively for lgbt petiole . Lgbt people . Its an exciting month, lgbt people . Its an exciting month. And lgbt people . Its an exciting month, and its lgbt people . Its an exciting month, and its an lgbt people . Its an exciting month, and its an opportunity| lgbt people . Its an exciting i month, and its an opportunity to spotlight the contributions of lgbt people have made to the World Of Sport but also the challenges there still are. Sport but also the challenges there stillare. I sport but also the challenges there still are. I think its worth pointing out that theres never been more visibility for lgbtq people in sport, from the lipid level down to the grassroots nets to do with the rambo leases c