HISTORY 135F

Infectious and Epidemic Disease in History

Department of History
University of California, Irvine
 Instructor:    Dr. Barbara J. Becker

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Monster Soup commonly called Thames Water... (ca. 1828)
by William Heath



"MICROCOSM dedicated to the London Water Companies;
BROUGHT FORTH ALL MONSTROUS, ALL PRODIGIOUS THINGS,
HYDRAS AND GORGONS, AND CHIMERAS DIRE (vide Milton).

MONSTER SOUP commonly called THAMES WATER,
being a correct representation of that precious stuff doled out to us..."
 
Go to:
  • On the Mode of Communication of Cholera (1855), by John Snow, M.D. (1813-1858)
  • "Observations on the Filth of the Thames," a letter to the Times of London (July 7, 1855) by Professor Michael Faraday (1791-1867)
  • News articles from the Chicago Tribune:
    • "They Deal in Death...," August 20, 1893
    • "Caused by Microbes...," November 23, 1893
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