Pandemic cholera in Belfast, 1832

A strong undercurrent of feeling against the medical establishment led to a steady refusal to go to hospital. BY GILLIAN ALLMOND In October 1830, alarming reports began to reach Belfast of an outbreak of ‘cholera morbus’ in Moscow. The Asiatic cholera, as it was also known, killed with dramatic suddenness, its cause was unknown and ... Read more

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