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Month: June 2016

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Sin Eaters – Part 1

A leading cause of death in the 18th century was a myriad of infectious diseases which kept cropping up, such as cholera, smallpox, scarlet fever, tuberculosis, measles and typhus and along with it, a non-existent knowledge of germs, bacteria and antibiotics Hygiene was not commonplace and people still believed that bathing in hot water allowed […]

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