Article ID: CBB289638642

Die Beschreibung des Unbeschreiblichen: Erklärungsmodelle und Metaphern der Cholera in Briefen von 1830 bis 1832 (The Description of the Indescribable: Explanatory Models and Metaphors for Cholera in Letters from 1830 to 1832) (2022)

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Plagues that pose an existential threat to large population groups demand explanations of their pathogenesis and spread. Nowadays – e. g., in the case of Covid-19 – scientists have widely accepted tools and methods at their disposal for this purpose. In contrast, about two hundred years ago, a wide variety of poorly substantiated ideas existed to try explanations for the first major cholera pandemic in the German-speaking world. Based on 750 letters and three popular education brochures from that time, we analyzed which disease concepts dominated the public and private discourse and how miasmatic and contagionist positions were reflected. Overall, we observed that miasmatic concepts became increasingly prevalent during the course of this pandemic. We also identified all metaphors in the text corpus, assigned them to specific source areas, and investigated possible functions for interpreting and coping with the cholera pandemic.

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Authors & Contributors
Johnston, William D.
Almeida, Maria Antónia Pires de
Bastos, Francisco Inácio
Bellido, Jaime Gregorio
Beltrão, Jane Felipe
Carbonetti, Adrián
Journals
História, Ciências, Saúde---Manguinhos
Centaurus: International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology
East Asian Science, Technology, and Medicine
Historia Scientiarum: International Journal of the History of Science Society of Japan
Journal of Medical Biography
Llull: Revista de la Sociedad Española de Historia de las Ciencias y de las Técnicas
Publishers
Routledge
University of Pittsburgh Press
Concepts
Epidemics
Cholera
Public health
Disease and diseases
Medicine and society
Medicine
People
Mayhew, Henry
Montaldó y Peró, Federico
Latta, Thomas Aitchison
Kinn, Gustav A.
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century, late
Early modern
Places
Brazil
Japan
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Caribbean
Tuscany (Italy)
India
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