Ah, the English fever! It was caused by algae (or tje bacteria in the algae? Can't remember.) in ponds. People would go swimming and would die. It remained unsolved for quite a while. Oink! = @ )
@@manfredconnor3194 Very possible -- the book did not go into the causes of it as it focused on typhus. I do know a lot of diseases got spread by consumption of bad water -- for a good example, see John Snow's maps of the cholera outbreak in London.
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Ah, the English fever! It was caused by algae (or tje bacteria in the algae? Can't remember.) in ponds. People would go swimming and would die. It remained unsolved for quite a while.
Oink!
= @ )
Or they'd drink some of the water without boiling it first.
@@grumpyoldslan If I recall correctly, you can die from it just by swimming or bathing in it.
@@manfredconnor3194 Very possible -- the book did not go into the causes of it as it focused on typhus.
I do know a lot of diseases got spread by consumption of bad water -- for a good example, see John Snow's maps of the cholera outbreak in London.
@@grumpyoldslan
Ich kenne ihn. Er hat an der Mauer gedient im Norden.^^
Oink.
= @ )