CSPAN3 Reel America Man Against Microbe - 1932 July 11, 2024
And now, let us go back 300 years to london. In a famous diary, we read of a was typical oft then and the preceding ages, an epidemic of leg that have been raging in europe broke out with a fearful frenzy in englands capital in 1665. Hundreds fell ill every day. Many of them died. People were stricken on the streets. From the victims for fear of the dread disease. But, by far the most horrible element of the tragedy was the mystery of its origins. No one knew what or who carried the plague. Finally came by way of this odd contraption. Does anyone know what this is . It looks like a can opener....