Ansei Cholera - Ansei Cholera

Japanese: 安政コレラ - あんせいこれら
Ansei Cholera - Ansei Cholera

…It spread from its center in Celebes, Indonesia, in 1861, and epidemics are seen every year in various parts of Southeast Asia and Africa. The great cholera epidemic of 1858 is also called the Ansei Cholera, and is counted as one of the largest epidemics in the history of Japanese epidemics. As recorded by the Dutch physician Pompe in his Records of the Observations of a Stay in Japan, it was brought by the American ship Mississippi, which had arrived in Nagasaki. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Ansei Cholera" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…これは61年インドネシアのセレベスを中心として広がり,東南アジア,アフリカの各地に毎年流行がみられている。 1858年のコレラの大流行は〈安政コレラ〉ともいわれ,日本疫病史でも最大のものの一つに数えられる。オランダの医師ポンペが《日本滞在見聞記》に記録しているように,長崎に入港した米艦ミシシッピ号が持ち込んだ。…

※「安政コレラ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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