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Bacterial diseases: stories to listen to | HearLore
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Bacterial diseases
DiphtheriaIn the year 1735, a disease known as throat distemper swept through New England with such ferocity that in one New Hampshire town, 32 percent of all children…
Whooping coughIn the early hours of the 16th century, a child in a small European village would not simply cough but would emit a sound so violent and high-pitched that it…