How a Stubborn Cow Saved London From Two Plagues
17th Century

How a Stubborn Cow Saved London From Two Plagues

A dairy cow blocking a 17th-century London street may have prevented the most devastating plague outbreak in English history.

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17th CenturyEnglandGreat PlagueLondonEpidemiologyMedical HistoryDisease OutbreaksUrban LifeNathaniel HodgesSweating SicknessDual Epidemics

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