Fears of cholera coming. Graetz 1883 © Historical Society of Pennsylvania

Panic over Ebola echoes the 19th‑century fear of cholera

On October 19 an inspector sent north from London to Sunderland reported a long-awaited arrival: the first British case of cholera. It was 1831 and as part of a second pandemic cholera had again progressed…

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