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Epidemics
Devastating diseases that have affected human populations throughout the ages.
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Early film of multiplying bacteria
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Interactive on the lifecycle of HIV
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Drawing of sewer water during London's 1854 epidemic
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1830s satire on the horrors of London's water
Transmission electron micrograph image
Watercolour by George Kirtland
How we will react to new epidemics
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How the pandemic of 1918 was linked to World War I
How people avoided plague before they knew its real cause
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Etching from Nuremberg, 1830s
Pen and ink drawing