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Plague, Crisis, and Science During the London Caterpillar Outbreak of 1782 (cambridge.org)
36 points by Petiver on May 8, 2022 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments



It's interesting how in the olden times large cities were almost like an entity of their own. Their stories significantly differed from other cities and their reactions to odd phenomena such as one in the article were unique and difficult to predict.


Gustavs Katterfelto sounds like the Alex Jones Infowars of his era, desperately pumping the wildest theories to keep his audience numbers up. Some things never change.




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