Patient Zero Chapter 2

Who is Patient Zero?

• Goodwoman Phillips

• The Warren Family

• Frances Lewis

• John Snow

Who were the epidemiologists that discovered the disease?

• John Graunt

• Henry Whitehead

• John Snow

• Alexander Yersin

What were Frances' symptoms?

• Pale

• Pain

• Sweating

• Diarrhea

True or False: Cesspools are underground containers for temporarily storing liquid waste and sewage.

• True

• False

What were Sarah's habits of character?

• Patient

• Compassionate

• Determined

• Nurturing

Dr. Rogers recommended the following to care for Frances:

• castor oil

• mustard plaster

• brandy with hot water

• laudanum

• syrup of rhubarb

True or False: Summer diarrhea wasn't unusual for children in hot weather.

• True

• False

Doctors suspected that cholera came from...

• Poisoned Air

• Dead Rats

• A Polluted River

• Raw Sewage

• People Coughing

True or False: Frances' death certificate stated that she had cholera.

• True

• False

True or False: Cholera could kill healthy people in a matter of hours.

• True

• False