Cholera in Victorian London | Science Museum
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In 1831 a terrifying new epidemic arrived in London, bringing with it fear and panic⁠—and a sense of urgency about the city's sanitation problems.
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Original Title: TIL that in 1844, Professor H. Booth claimed “from inhaling the odour of beef the butcher’s wife obtains her obesity.” This was part of the 19th-century miasma theory, which linked diseases and weight gain to inhaling “bad air” from rotting matter, influencing public health during cholera outbreaks.