Father Thames Introducing his Offspring to the Fair City of London', the offspring being Diphtheria, Scrofula and Cholera. More an open sewer than a r

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Father Thames Introducing his Offspring to the Fair City of London', the offspring being Diphtheria, Scrofula and Cholera. More an open sewer than a river, the disgusting state of the Thames in London. Cartoon from Punch, London, 1858.

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Photo credit: © Universal History Archive/UIG/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: 1858, cartoon, cholera, city, diphtheria, disease, disgusting, environmental, fair, father, health, introducing, london, medicine, offspring, open, pollution, public, punch, river, scrofula, sewer, state, supply, thames, water