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Mallorca 1820: X‑raying Europe’s last major plague epidemic

An analysis of documents from 200 years ago reveals the high fatality rate of the outbreak, which was not bubonic, and the effectiveness of quarantine measures

Mallorca 1820: X‑raying Europe’s last major plague epidemic

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