SriramKannan77 Authors The_Preying_Mantis
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Indian cholera is highly unsubstantiated. Also India was in the grip of Brits. How convenient to blame your own motherland. Wah wah!
For cholera to be contagious, the population density is important. Susruta mentions about a disease with similar symptoms but clearly there no cholera endemics recorded at his time. The 1st case of an epidemic cholera in India was reported in 1503 by Portugese in Goa.
Portugese Drs observed that Indian vaidyas had a cure for it and they particularly insisted on the personal hygiene. Many H were particular in taking morning bath and following personal hygiene but Pgese neglected that. It is hypothesized that the personal hygiene gave protection
Modern scientific research has confirmed emergence of more virulent strain of cholera from less pathogenic one under favourable conditions, therefore it can be presumed that the unhygienic and unhealthy habits of the Portuguese caused epidemic
Reference for above tweet- Ramamurthy, T. and Nair, G. Balakrish “Evolving identity of epidemic Vibrio cholera: Past and the Present”, Science and Culture, 76 (2010) 153-159
Indians keen on naming & shaming China need to look up medical history.
— Vidya (@VidyaKrishnan) March 26, 2020
They will find that cholera pandemic of 1817 was known as Asiatic Cholera- with Indians being blamed for spreading disease. The "dirty natives" accusation from the Raj came from this. Stop being racist.
For cholera to be contagious, the population density is important. Susruta mentions about a disease with similar symptoms but clearly there no cholera endemics recorded at his time. The 1st case of an epidemic cholera in India was reported in 1503 by Portugese in Goa.
Portugese Drs observed that Indian vaidyas had a cure for it and they particularly insisted on the personal hygiene. Many H were particular in taking morning bath and following personal hygiene but Pgese neglected that. It is hypothesized that the personal hygiene gave protection
Modern scientific research has confirmed emergence of more virulent strain of cholera from less pathogenic one under favourable conditions, therefore it can be presumed that the unhygienic and unhealthy habits of the Portuguese caused epidemic
Reference for above tweet- Ramamurthy, T. and Nair, G. Balakrish “Evolving identity of epidemic Vibrio cholera: Past and the Present”, Science and Culture, 76 (2010) 153-159