Regency Health and Medicine: Cholera Pandemic 1 and 2

In 1817, the first cholera pandemic broke out Kolkata (also known as Calcutta). Between 1817 and 1824, it spread through Southeast Asisa to the Middle Continue

In 1817, the first cholera pandemic broke out Kolkata (also known as Calcutta). Between 1817 and 1824, it spread through Southeast Asisa to the Middle Continue

This ad appeared in La Belle Assemblée November 1817 edition.

This ad appeared in the March 1806 issue of La Belle Assemblée. From my research, while there were similar tomes printed in later years, this Continue

British physician Edward Jenner (1749-1823) is credited with the invention of the first vaccine to be administered against a contagious disease. Pioneering the concept of Continue