While Franz was still in Tyrol preparing for the coming storm year, the storm had quietly arrived.

Once the northern part of London was densely populated with houses, the roads were lined with shops, pubs, and brothels, and the streets were filled with all kinds of people, from wandering singers, thieves, and prostitutes to gentlemen, soldiers, and merchants.

But now trolleys littered with corpses and streets strewn with foul-smelling excrement have deprived the city of its vitality.

People die every day, and the deceased experience severe dehydration before they die. Even the most decent gentlemen, the most reserved young ladies, under the torment of this sickness, will not be human.

Cholera often produces a violent reaction within the first few hours – diarrhoea, vomiting, fever and even death.

The symptoms of the disease are also particularly frightening: severe dehydration can cause the patient to lose face beyond recognition within a few hours, and the rupture of microblood vessels causes a blue complexion.

The patient's death was so struggling and powerless, and what happened was like a warning to bystanders, which would have a great mental impact on those around him.

This is the horror of cholera, and what is even more terrifying is its strong contagion. In particular, the doctors who did not wash their hands in this era became the angels of death who spread the plague.

At first the disease was only seen in the slums, so the government actively advertised it as a "disease of poverty" as a punishment for the lazy.

Religion at the time was fond of saying that cholera was "the unity of the filth of the body and the filth of the mind" and that "the ignorance and corruption of the mind" annoyed the punishment given by God.

However, as the death toll increased dramatically, a large number of civilians, doctors, priests, and even nobles and officials were not spared.

Only then did people realize the seriousness of the problem, but they were helpless to do so, as they did with the Black Death, to shut themselves and reduce their interaction with others.

For a time the whole of London became depressed, and even the "dwelling place of God" (referring to the church, which I have mentioned earlier, but I will not go into too much detail. All chose to close their doors.

London at this time had a peculiar stench, also known as "London Stink". In addition to the smell of burning industrial fuels, there is also the smell of various domestic wastes, coupled with the previously flooded Thames River.

The whole of London is like a giant bacterial petri dish, with a large number of microorganisms constantly breaking down the organic matter, so that a cloud of deadly methane gas rises into the sky.

London's public health system was a disaster at this time, as the city and the countryside were increasingly separated by the city's growing urbanization.

This raises another problem, which is the increase in the price of manure. So many people choose to hold back and want to wait for those big people to solve this kind of problem.

But in fact, the big guys don't have this kind of problem at all, because they have someone to deal with this kind of thing.

So the dung pits overflowing with thick soup became a major feature of London, and those pits were black, yellow, and even red, but the only thing they had in common was the foul smell of bears.

Unfortunately, the flooding of the Thames did not wash away any buildings, but the water poured into the manure pits, and then people saw black and yellow torrents rushing through the streets, leaving a mess and a foul smell.

Coupled with the acid rain that falls from time to time in the sky, it is spicy to the eyes, and after a series of wonderful chemical reactions, the legendary "Taste of London" is formed.

The cholera had another effect, which was to discourage the merchants, because money was important, but nothing mattered if life was gone.

As a result, some merchants chose to move to other cities in the UK. But they soon discovered that the whole of Britain was about the same, and that cholera would move with the population.

Others have turned their attention to the two continental European cities of Paris and Vienna, which at this time were far less developed than those of the United Kingdom, but both of which were thriving and seemed more suitable as financial centers than London.

Robert Peale immediately introduced a series of policies to try to recoup the damage, but with little success.

Doctors treated cholera with mercury vapor, gin, opium tincture, whale oil, salt, and vinegar, but the results were naturally ineffective, and many even delayed treatment and died in agony.

The Royal Society of Medicine also did not give any effective treatment, and their recommendations were:

"Stuff a patient's stomach with olive oil or other fats, and then beat them rhythmically or jump on top of them to help them flush the toxins out of the body."

He had also offered a bounty for a solution to the plague in London, but almost all of them were liars.

The rest of the alchemists and astrologers, or the bloodletters, or the mercury maniacs, were not liars, but they did not have any positive effect.

In particular, a yoga master from India actually turned into a splatoon warrior during a public performance. The tragedy of death is unforgettable

Later, after investigation, it was found that the master actually drank the water of the Thames River directly. And then after such a long yoga performance, it seems that this master really has some ability.

However, the master helped the British government, and Robert Peel immediately declared that the plague was a conspiracy of the Indians, who had brought it to London.

The response was overwhelming, and Robert Peel and his Tories immediately became the most beloved party again.

But the plague had to be solved, and after repeated discussions with some authoritative doctors, Richard Wick finally adopted the opinion of Chad Wick, who felt that the on the floor was the culprit.

(Chad Wick is known as the father of modern public health, but he was not a doctor or an official, but an editor who penchanted to criticize the British government.) ）

The British government decided to dump the filth into the Thames, which led to the clogging of the River.

The tributary of the Thames was cut off by a large amount of excrement, and even a street was built into it by Londoners.

The Dutch also needed to transport sand, gravel and soil to reclaim the land, and the British actually accomplished such a feat with dung

As a result, some people began to worry about the Thames, after all, the river at this time will rise when the sun shines on the naked eye, and the river water reflects a colorful luster.

Robert Peel sent another team of chemists and hydrobiologists to dispel people's doubts, and after a "rigorous" investigation, they came to a conclusion:

"The River Thames is super self-purifying, so we don't need to worry about it at all."

Isn't it a bit familiar, and sure enough, there is a sense of dislocation in the same vein as the current India.

With the exception of Britain, Russia, and France, Austria and Prussia were not spared any initial impact, because cholera had historically not affected Germany.

(End of chapter)