REMASTERED – Episode 47: Missing the Point
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The Cholera Epidemic in Japan
From 1858 to 1860, a cholera epidemic ravaged Japan. By the time it was over, an estimated 200,000 people in Japan had died from cholera. The rapid spread of the disease and the climbing death rates meant crematoriums and coffin makers just couldn't keep up with demand. It got so bad that carpenters had to be pulled from their daily construction work to build more coffins.
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