Stories
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Why pandemic denial is nothing new
Could today’s Covid-deniers be taking lessons from history? After all, it’s nearly 200 years since frustrations at a cholera-induced lockdown erupted in Sunderland.
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Ginger’s role in cures and courtroom battles
Some people will use a dose of ginger to help with hangovers – but it hasn’t always been a friend to the thirsty.
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Fake news and the flu
Discover how history shows that fake news could play a deadly role – by generating potentially lethal misinformation during a future pandemic.
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How tuberculosis became a test case for eugenic theory
A 19th-century collaboration that failed to prove how facial features could indicate the diseases people were most likely to suffer from became a significant stepping stone in the new ‘science’ of eugenics.
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Cholera morbus : directions for the prevention and cure of the cholera morbus as suggested by the Board of Health, president Sir Henry Halford, bart. and published by order of His Majesty's Privy Council.
Great Britain. General Board of Health.Date: 1831- Books
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Measures for the prevention of cholera among European troops in northern India.
Date: 1864- Books
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Memoranda on Asiatic cholera : its mode of spreading, and its prevention / by William Budd.
Budd, William, 1811-1880.Date: 1866- Books
A further note on the efficacy of the essential oils in the prevention and treatment of cholera / by J.W. Tomb.
Tomb, J. W. (John Walker)Date: 1924- Books
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An essay to prove the contagious character of malignant cholera ; with brief instructions for its prevention and cure / by Bernard M. Byrne.
Byrne, Bernard M. (Bernard Myles)Date: 1833