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In 1845, potato blight hit Europe, crippling isolated Ireland. Potato crops failed and despite efforts, famine ensued. But like most famines, it isn't just a lack of food that creates a disaster. Politics has a role to play in human suffering and disease. Music: Lost Radiance - On The Planet Far Away (ver. 1) Sources: Websites – Irish Potato Famine. History.com. https://www.history.com/topics/immigration/irish-potato-famine The Blight Begins. The History Place. http://www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/famine/begins.htm Epidemic Diseases of the Great Famine. History Ireland. https://www.historyireland.com/18th-19th-century-history/epidemic-diseases-of-the-great-famine/ Journal Articles – Kelly BD. The Great Irish Famine (1845-52) and the Irish asylum system: remembering, forgetting, and remembering again. Irish Journal of Medical Science. 2019 Aug; 188 (3): 953 - 958 Books - Ireland: Land, People, History. Chapter 16: Famine. Richard Killeen
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In 1854 a cholera epidemic ripped through the heart of London. One visionary scientist believed that he could analyse the outbreak and prevent further spread, in an event that marked the birth of epidemiology and went on to aid the establishment of public health and germ theory.
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The Book of Revelations foretells of the Angel Wormwood falling to Earth and poisoning the rivers. Though this may be a far off event in today's world, to the people of the north of the Ukrainian Socialist Republic in April 1986, this must have seemed liked a reality.
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A train and envelope walk into a salad bar... joke. That's not one of these. Guess the three things these outbreaks have in common...
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91 years ago the medical world changed forever with the discovery of penicillin. Through the hard work of many scientists, today bacterial infections are nearly trivial. But the threat of resistant bacterial is threatening to reverse 100 years of medical progress
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To look at today, the village of Walsham-le-Willows in Suffolk, Britain, doesn’t let on the depth of its terrifying history. The sleepy main street, with the occasional strolling local and looming church, where one struggles to find a coffee, does not convey the images of suffering and horror that …
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