Its endemic to south asia and it spread to south asia and europe, and in 1831 and 1832 spread across europe. So americans saw this coming or read about it in newspapers. It arrives in the americas in 1832, spreads throughout america in 1832, still is in circulation in 1833 and 1834. So it was a grand pandemic affecting millions of people. What were the symptoms if you got cholera . You wouldnt want to get it for sure. It spread through fecal contaminated water, and it quickly incubates in the water and creates massive diarrhea. So within a sixhour period, one would lose massive amounts of fluid and the body would go into spasms and turn blue. That was one of the telltale signs because the body organs start to shut down with Dehydration And Death could enshoe within six hours of getting the disease. Not everyone died, but it certainly was a very devastating and deadly disease. The symptoms were very telling, so people knew what it was. Was there any treatment . The way we would treat it
As we conceptualized this were dpited to finally meet in person. Its been, as jenny mentioned, its been 18 months, i think, of phone conferences and planning. Lindsay joined the Law Faculty of the youve of oklahoma in 1997. He teaches courses in federal law, indian law, comparative and international indigenous peoples law, constitutional law and legal history. He serves as the Faculty Director of the center for the study of american indian Law And Policy and the Founding Director of the international human rights law clinic. He was the recipient of the david l. Borne award i should say, he was the first recipient of the david l. Bourne award for outstanding global engagement. Hes an elected member of the american Law Institute and the american Bar Foundation and serves as a justice on the Supreme Court of the Cheyenne And Arapaho tribes. Please welcome me in welcoming lindsay robertson. It is an absolute delight to be here. What didnt get mention is my Dads Mom is from charlottesville,
Especially the role of chief justice John Marshall. The museum of History And Culture preservation virginia cohosted this event. Good morning. Im Elizabeth Kostelny and it is my honor to serve as the ceo of preservation virginia and to introduce our next speaker. Lindsay robertson is the author of conquest by law that explores the subject that brings us here today. As we conceptualized this symposium, lindsay has been instrumental in determining the format of our speakers and the format of this. Were excited to finally meet in person. Its been, as jenny mentioned, its been 18 months, i think, of phone conferences and planning. Lindsay joined the Law Faculty of the youve of oklahoma in 1997. He teaches courses in federal law, indian law, comparative and international indigenous peoples law, constitutional law and legal history. He serves as the Faculty Director of the center for the study of american indian Law And Policy and the Founding Director of the international human rights law c
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worthen to talk with us today. he s going to talk about a couple of eisenhower administration member that is perhaps we haven t really talked about a lot in the past. so james take it away and tell us about yourself. thank you, dawn, thank you samantha. i m sorry i can t be there today. unfortunately we live in crazy times. so i m here in california, speaking of where people are from. which is about halfway between los angeles and san francisco. a nice place to be, unless there s a fire going on behind you, which there was a few weeks ago. but i m fine. and the weather is much better. my name is jim worthen, i m a native californian. just to summarize, i spent my career at the central intelligence agency after after school and that sort of thing. and now, i where american history with a focus on how personality affects political behavior. since retiring i ve written three books on that subject, the one i ll discuss today looks at eisenhower s relationships with two of his