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Cholera tramples the victor and the vanquish’d both

Robert Seymour, presumed McLeans Monthly Sheet of Caricatures, London (1831), via National Library of Medicine

British cholera cartoon

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Posted on January 8, 2021 by Karl HallPosted in choleraTagged 1831, British.

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