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Cholera Crusher: John Snow Anniversary Walks And Exhibition

Not the Channel 4 newsreader. He’s a ‘Jon’.

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Ursinus Infection: NHS Advises Against Soft Toys

Image by Simon Crubellier Move over Swine Flu, there’s a new threat in town: teddy bears. According to the NHS, communal soft toys in GP waiting rooms provide “an easy root” for diseases such as measles to spread between children. Dr. Dagmar Zeuner, director of …

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The Saturday Strangeness

97.The Thief Among The Dead Beneath the streets of London exist many corpse-inhabited pits in which thousands of victims of the plague were unceremoniously buried. One eerie incident connected with the coming of the plague took place during the extraordinarily hot June of 1665. As …

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Medical London: Have You Got Yours Yet?

Medical London, published by Wellcome in October, is a Londony treasure trove in a smart burgundy box; a beautiful and enlightening compendium from our favourite Euston Road residents. Here’s what you need to know to get this on your shopping list. Medical London consists of …