CHOLERA IN IRELAND, 1832–3—POPULAR HYSTERIA AND MYSTICISM
By Nigel Johnston Of the significant punctuation points in pre-Famine history the cholera epidemic of 1832–3 is a subject deserving of further attention. From contemporary sources we know that the disease broke out with some force in India during 1817 and had spread through Asia, the Baltics and the rest of Europe by the late … Read more