3 3 c m
40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 25cm
Description
This chest contains medicines for the treatment of cholera, an infectious gastrointestinal disease. Cholera epidemics swept acros Europe and America from the 1830s onwards. In Britain, Dr John Snow (1813-1858) famously traced the source of a cholera outbreak to a particular water pump, thus proving that it was a water-borne disease that could be prevented by improved sanitation. Made by Godfrey & Cooke.
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10288230
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