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The Plague of Eyam: The Village That Died to Save Its Neighbors - 0 views

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    With that innocent act, Viccars unleashed upon his community the most feared disease of the age. The package had come from London, where bubonic plague had been raging for months, and the cloth harbored fleas that carried the disease…By the end of September, five more people in the neighborhood had died, and in the first there days of October there were four more deaths. At the end of the month the toll had reached 23. The plague had come to the remote village of Eyam.
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The Plague of London: People in Soho Had Died From The Ravages of Cholera - 0 views

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    In the preceding few days hundreds of people in Soho had died from the ravages of cholera, one of the most devastating and least understood diseases of the age. The yellow flags were a traditional plague warning, the lime chloride a desperate attempt at disinfection. Having made an effort to arrest the disease, most of Soho's terrified inhabitants had fled. Local hospitals were over flowing with the dying. At the height of the epidemic, 143 deaths were recorded in a single day. Corpses were so numerous; they were unceremoniously piled on carts and taken away for burial.
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