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It is organized by time period, a series of chapters for each of the cholera epidemics in 19th cent. America.
Why did I want to read about cholera epidemics? Misery loves company? I hope not; that seems quite callous in 2021. Medical curiosity? Not my area of expertise. Insomnia? No, thank goodness.
The Cholera Years by Charles E. Rosenberg was described as an analysis of the confluence of the medical, intellectual and social history of the three American cholera epidemics – 1832, 1849 and 1866. The attraction of learning about the interweaving the scientific and societal causes of a devastating disease was