Typhoid Rattles Victorian EnglandConstant Wonder • Season 2022, Episode 929, Segment 1
Mar 25, 2021 • 34m
Typhoid was referred to as “the filth disease” in Victorian England and commonly thought to be a disease of the poor. But after the crown prince and the children of typhoid doctors caught it, the rich no longer felt safe. Finding the cause led to a rise in detective work in many fields.
Guest: Jacob Steere-Williams, Associate Professor of History at the College of Charleston and author of "The Filth Disease: Typhoid Fever and Practices of Epidemiology in Victorian England"