Fortifying Against the Cholera
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Nativist Americans believed that cholera was a scourge visited most heartily on poor immigrants because of their "lewd" and "intemperate" lifestyles. Such judgment seems ironic against this image of respectable Londoners treating their cholera symptoms with a large bottle of brandy. |
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USNLM caption reads: "A woman pours a glass of brandy into the mouth of a child; a girl has fallen [on] the floor; men and women in the background show signs of being intoxicated, in the apparent belief that alcohol will prevent cholera..." |
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London: August 1, 1831. |
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Robert Seymour |
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Courtesy of U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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Other |
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