Summary of Suzanne Humphries & Roman Bystrianyk's Dissolving Illusions

Everest Media

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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 The filters we apply to the past can make it seem like the 1800s was a time of elegance and romance, when in reality, it was a time of long hours spent doing menial labor for little pay.
#2 The underbelly of Western culture in the 1800s to the 1900s was never discussed in terms of the medical issues and diseases that afflicted that era. However, those were the most important aspects of susceptibility and spread of illness.

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• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 23 mars 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781669358541
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on Suzanne Humphries & Roman Bystrianyk's Dissolving Illusions
Contents Insights from Chapter 1 Insights from Chapter 2 Insights from Chapter 3 Insights from Chapter 4 Insights from Chapter 5 Insights from Chapter 6 Insights from Chapter 7 Insights from Chapter 8 Insights from Chapter 9 Insights from Chapter 10 Insights from Chapter 11 Insights from Chapter 12 Insights from Chapter 13 Insights from Chapter 14 Insights from Chapter 15 Insights from Chapter 16 Insights from Chapter 17 Insights from Chapter 18 Insights from Chapter 19
Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The filters we apply to the past can make it seem like the 1800s was a time of elegance and romance, when in reality, it was a time of long hours spent doing menial labor for little pay.

#2

The underbelly of Western culture in the 1800s to the 1900s was never discussed in terms of the medical issues and diseases that afflicted that era. However, those were the most important aspects of susceptibility and spread of illness.
Insights from Chapter 2

#1

In the Western world, many children enjoy a normal childhood. They attend school, are fed, and all their basic needs are usually met. They often have opportunities to engage in leisure activities.
Insights from Chapter 3

#1

The early 1900s saw the prohibition of children working in the mining industry, but some were still being employed as coal breakers.
Insights from Chapter 4

#1

In the 1800s, infectious diseases were a constant threat. With increasingly dense populations, wars, and abject poverty, diseases of all varieties wreaked havoc.

#2

Cholera is a bacterial infection of the small intestine that results in copious watery diarrhea and vomiting. It leads to death with agonizing cramps and dehydration. The increased commercial trade and travel, combined with atrocious hygienic conditions worldwide, brought forth six cholera pandemics in the 1800s.

#3

Diphtheria is a term used to describe a type of upper-respiratory illness. The determinant of clinical diphtherial disease is not the bacteria Corynebacterium diphtheriae, but rather a toxigenic virus that infects some of the bacteria.

#4

The disease diphtheria is infectious, and it is feared that it will spread to other counties. It has affected the population of two counties, Berks and Lehigh, severely.

#5

Scarlet fever is another toxin-mediated bacterial disease. The bacteria involved are Streptococcus pyogenes, also known as group A strep. The disease got its name from the red rash that appears on the skin, which can then spread to the entire body.

#6

The disease tuberculosis is the most common in the United States, and it is a preventable and curable disease. However, the 92,000 workers who die from tuberculosis are only 70 percent of the total death toll from this disease.

#7

Puerperal fever is the name given to a deadly infection that affected many mothers in the immediate post-partum period. It was brought about by an ascending infection introduced by the contaminated hands of doctors and unsterile medical instruments.

#8

The epidemic of women and babies dying is documented from records as early as 1746, when more than 50 percent of mothers who gave birth in a Paris hospital died. However, the best and most comprehensive writing on the problem came from Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis in his book, Etiology, Concept, and Prophylaxis of Childbed Fever.

#9

The impact of vaccines on life