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5 - The Map That (Almost) Changed the World

Science Solved It by VICE

May 23, 201718:26Religion & Spirituality

In 1854, the London neighborhood of Soho experienced a deadly outbreak of cholera, a truly horrible disease. Doctors at the time were powerless to stop it because they didn’t actually understand how cholera spread, until...

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5 - The Map That (Almost) Changed the World is an episode from Science Solved It by VICE. In 1854, the London neighborhood of Soho experienced a deadly outbreak of cholera, a truly horrible disease. Doctors at the time were powerless to sto...

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