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It was a jolly good thing when I ditched the crinoline.
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It's interesting to note that not everyone succumbed to the black death. The inhabitants of Eyam in Derbyshire managed to contain an outbreak there and the Emperor Justinian survived an infection and recovered. Also when the outbreak in Marseille was investigated, it was noticed that contemporary paintings often showed that livery people were involved in handling the dead. Further investigation concluded that the smell of dubbin had repelled the fleas that carried the plague. We are all now aware of the 1919 flu pandemic which killed more than died in WW1. There have apparently been three periods in human history when our species has been near to extinction but we survived. So I guess we could conclude that today's population is pretty robust!
It's interesting to note that not everyone succumbed to the black death. The inhabitants of Eyam in Derbyshire managed to contain an outbreak there and the Emperor Justinian survived an infection and recovered. Also when the outbreak in Marseille was investigated, it was noticed that contemporary paintings often showed that livery people were involved in handling the dead. Further investigation concluded that the smell of dubbin had repelled the fleas that carried the plague. We are all now aware of the 1919 flu pandemic which killed more than died in WW1. There have apparently been three periods in human history when our species has been near to extinction but we survived. So I guess we could conclude that today's population is pretty robust!
Yeah course they are. Nothing to do with modern medicine at all.
Looking at how today's men handle a dose of the cold I'd conclude quite the opposite.
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