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Cholera: Panic gripped the people in Ireland as everyone around them was dying 1 year 46 weeks ago

The spring of 1832 in Ireland was very mild and wet. When cholera struck Dublin it quickly spread into an epidemic because the city was overcrowded with slums. Temporary hospitals were set up all over the city; panic gripped the people as they saw everyone around them dying, some within only a few hours of getting the disease. The first symptoms were stomach cramps, followed by hallucinations and convulsions, then death would be very rapid. The spread of the disease was unchecked because large families of up to fourteen people were living in one room in the many tenements around the city.

Haiti cholera deaths near 3,000 1 year 22 weeks ago

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – The number of people who have died since the cholera outbreak in late October has risen to 2,591 according to figures released by Ministry of Health here yesterday.

It said that a total of 121,518 people have been affected by the water borne disease with 63,711 having received treatment at various hospitals.

The Book of Revelations 2 years 11 weeks ago

The last book of the New Testament stands unique as the only completely apocalyptic book in the Bible. Other books have references to an apocalypse, such as Isaiah and Daniel but no book of the Old Testament is entirely given to the apocalypse. Though one such book, 2 Esdras is found in the Apocrypha.

Because apocalypse means “An unveiling” or “The revealing of things otherwise unknown” This book can be called either the “Apocalypse” or “Revelations” The King James version of the Bible refers to it as “Revelations”

On The Trail of a Killer Disease: The Unlikely Source of Cholera 2 years 32 weeks ago

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Air Pollution: Causes and Effects on Health 1 year 37 weeks ago

Pollution affects health:

"They do not all die, but all were beaten," said La Fontaine in his fable "The Animals Sick of the plague. One could say the same of air pollution, which affects all individuals. Of course, all those exposed are not affected equally. The scientific community is now almost unanimous: air pollution has significant negative impacts on our health.