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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (1248171)	7/20/2020 1:08:37 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 1579897

A myth 350 years in the making.... Deadly stinks and life-saving aromas in plague-stricken London How do you avoid catching the plague? Smoke constantly. Carry a sponge soaked in vinegar. Hang oranges studded with cloves around your house. This was the best medical advice available circa 1665, as the Great Plague ravaged London. The miasma theory of contagious disease held that sickness spread through unpleasant aromas. A whiff of ‘bad air’ could kill you – and the right fragrance just might save your life. Hoping to drive away the poisonous vapours, the Lord Mayor ordered huge bonfires to blaze in the streets for three days and three nights straight. Anything that could be burned was fed into the flames. The stench of decay was replaced with black choking smoke – probably not much of an improvement. wellcomecollection.org