Informative Speech On Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis is an infectious disease that affects the lungs. It can start out like a normal flu, with coughing being the number one symptom. After a while, the virus attacks the lungs with more vehemence, causing internal bleeding. This internal bleeding is visible when the infected coughs. If left untreated, the infected will literally cough themselves to death.
Today I will talk about the history of Tuberculosis in the United States.
During my speech I will discuss Consumption in the early 19th century, the physician Edward Trudeau, and the containing of the disease.
According to the United States Public Health Service (1915), in the 1840s, Southern California was a popular destination for those with Tuberculosis due to its fresh, clean …show more content…
In the Mid-1890s, the medical community was convinced. The term Consumption was dropped and Tuberculosis was implemented, due to the tubercle shape of the bacteria. The fact that Tuberculosis, as it was now known as, is caused by bacteria, and is in fact extremely contagious was made public knowledge.
Now that I have discussed the physician Edward Trudeau, I will now discuss the containing of the disease.
Cities that once welcomed the infected with open arms now scrambled to keep them out. Tent cities were erected on the outskirts of towns, and those with Tuberculosis were ostracized. The threat of Tuberculosis brought around the first public health campaign in the US. According to the University of Virginia (2007), the public was educated on how to properly sneeze and cough into tissues, and on the dangers of spitting. The hemlines of women’s dresses began to rise after 1900, to prevent the skirts from dragging in the dirt and picking up germs that would then be brought into the home.
According to the WGHB Educational Foundation (2015) parks and playgrounds were built to give city dwellers pockets of fresh air. Central Park in New York City became known as “The Lungs of the
Today I will talk about the history of Tuberculosis in the United States.
During my speech I will discuss Consumption in the early 19th century, the physician Edward Trudeau, and the containing of the disease.
According to the United States Public Health Service (1915), in the 1840s, Southern California was a popular destination for those with Tuberculosis due to its fresh, clean …show more content…
In the Mid-1890s, the medical community was convinced. The term Consumption was dropped and Tuberculosis was implemented, due to the tubercle shape of the bacteria. The fact that Tuberculosis, as it was now known as, is caused by bacteria, and is in fact extremely contagious was made public knowledge.
Now that I have discussed the physician Edward Trudeau, I will now discuss the containing of the disease.
Cities that once welcomed the infected with open arms now scrambled to keep them out. Tent cities were erected on the outskirts of towns, and those with Tuberculosis were ostracized. The threat of Tuberculosis brought around the first public health campaign in the US. According to the University of Virginia (2007), the public was educated on how to properly sneeze and cough into tissues, and on the dangers of spitting. The hemlines of women’s dresses began to rise after 1900, to prevent the skirts from dragging in the dirt and picking up germs that would then be brought into the home.
According to the WGHB Educational Foundation (2015) parks and playgrounds were built to give city dwellers pockets of fresh air. Central Park in New York City became known as “The Lungs of the