1854, London.The industrial age has turned the city into mankind's enemy.
1854年 伦敦 工业时代让城市变成了人类的死敌
A killer stalks the streets:Cholera.
一个杀手肆虐横行 那就是霍乱
Heading for the epicenter,determined to stop the epidemic, physician John Snow.
深入疾病多发区 决心找出病源 这就是约翰·斯诺医生
Cholera was this plague that ravaged through western society that everyone ran from.
霍乱在西方国家肆虐横行 人们避之唯恐不及
He went right into it.He embraced the fear that so many had.
他却深入其中 去接近其他人的恐惧
For 300 years, Cholera has been contained in India.
三百年来 霍乱一直在印度盛行
But as people travel farther, by train and sea,The disease moves with them.
但当人们乘坐火车或航船远行时 他们所携带的病毒也随之扩散开来
Every Russian city overwhelmed,1 million dead.
前苏联的每座城市都未能幸免 一百万人因此而丧生
As it spreads west, it grows more virulent.
越往西传播得越严重
People fear it's the new Black Death.Poland, Germany.
人们唯恐这是新一轮的黑死病 疾病蔓延至波兰和德国
19,000 dead in Paris alone.150,000 across America.
仅在巴黎 就有一万九千人死亡 而美国则有十五万人死于此疾
In less than half a square mile of London,600 dead in just two weeks.
在伦敦 不到半平方英里内 短短两周就有六百人死亡
The first victim: Sarah Lewis' baby daughter.
第一位受害者便是莎拉·刘易斯的小女儿
Now, her husband,wracked by stomach cramps, desperate thirst,vomiting, diarrhea.
如今 她的丈夫 饱受肠胃绞痛 极度干渴的折磨 还伴有呕吐 痢疾