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Reblogged from mongrelmutt



“The overcrowded and squalid conditions that once prevailed in many places — such as here at Whitechapel in the East End of London in 1872 — were a breeding ground for all manner of contagious diseases, such as typhoid. The infectious agent for typhoid, the bacillus Salmonella typhi, is named after Daniel Elmer Salmon (1850-1914) — not the fish of the same name.”