Ruth is Stranger Than Fiction

Episode 43 - Marsh Fever! A Paludal Experience


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Let the autumn of disease begin! For the next few episodes, we’ll be exploring some of the sicknesses and ailments of old Cambridgeshire and East Anglia. We begin with marsh fever, aka the ague, aka the Bailiff of the Marshes, a disease that for many years was endemic across the fen regions. Come with us now and venture into the marsh miasmas and the peaty pools to hear all about the symptoms, treatments, and causes of this unfortunate malady.

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