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Fifth Cholera Pandemic, Vaccinating Soldiers, 1893

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Cholera vaccination of the Third Gurkhas in India at the time of the 1893 epidemic. The fifth cholera pandemic (1881-1896) cost 250,000 lives in Europe and at least 50,000 in the Americas. Cholera claimed 267,890 lives in Russia (1892); 120,000 in Spain; 90,000 in Japan and over 60,000 in Persia. In Egypt, cholera claimed more than 58,000 lives. The 1892 outbreak in Hamburg killed 8,600 people.

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Photographe : Science History Images

Date

24 mai 2018

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Photo12/Alamy/Science History Images

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LMY20T01_T96M9J

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uniquement en France

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Non

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Non

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Droits gérés

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26,7Mo (2,8Mo) / 31,8cm x 21,1cm / 3750 x 2493 (300dpi)

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