
Sawbones: The Great Stink of 1858
Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine
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The Stress of a Job
The project to rework the London sewer system would take many years and millions of dollars. It wasn't complete until 1875, but was it worth it? Well, during construction in 1866, there's another color outbreak, which is going to take over 5,000 lives. The people who were being impacted by cholera were not yet benefiting from this new sewer system. We are getting sick because of this water. It is not the smell. And there's actually another report published in the Lancet by Dr. William Farr that initially had never believed Jon Snow.
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