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Infectious diseases killed Victorian children at alarming rates: Novels highlight fragility of public health today
Victorian novels chronicle the terrible grief of losing children. Depicting the cruelty ... to stifle her own sobs as Helen is overtaken with coughing. A teacher discovers them the next morning ...
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The Horrifying Mortality Rate Of Victorian Children Is Cautionary Tale That’s More Relevant By The Day
Victorian novels chronicle the terrible grief of losing children. Depicting the cruelty ... to stifle her own sobs as Helen is overtaken with coughing. A teacher discovers them the next morning ...
Victorian-era disease causing outbreak in children in US state
There have been 171 cases thus far- the majority of which have occurred in children, who are particularly susceptible to the ...
Times Union1mon
Infectious diseases killed Victorian children at alarming rates — their novels highlight the fragility of public health today
Victorian novels chronicle the terrible grief of losing children. Depicting the cruelty ... to stifle her own sobs as Helen is overtaken with coughing. A teacher discovers them the next morning ...
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Infectious diseases killed Victorian children at alarming rates — their novels highlight the fragility of public health today
Multiple technologies now prevent epidemic spread of these and other once-common childhood illnesses, including polio, tetanus, whooping cough ... peril Victorian fictions linger on child deathbeds.