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Elma Brenner on medieval wellbeing: “People in the Middle Ages were absolutely focused on staying healthy”
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Black Death facts: your guide to “the worst catastrophe in recorded history”
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The Broad Street cholera outbreak: how bad was it and how was it contained?
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