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By Mr Ghaz on January 31st, 2010
Shocking Revelations: An Outlandish Theory on Disease
For many years the cause of cholera was unknown. Theories accounting for the disease ranged from pollution by foul air to one’s elevation above sea level. Even hair color was suggested as a possible culprit…But perhaps one of the most bizarre notions was set fort in a book published in Dublin in 1849. The work of Sir James Murray, a physician, it bore the extraordinary title Electricity as a Cause of Cholera, or Other Epidemics.
