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Cholera Epidemic
cholera epidemic
also: kolera, the epidemic, kolerajárvány
Major cholera epidemics struck Central and Eastern Europe in 1831–32 and again in the 1840s; in 'Chronicle of the Fate of Two Coins', the epidemic claims Pista and Viola, who die in the common coffin of the lazaretto — the tale's bleakest image of poverty's vulnerability.
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- Tales (Five Stories) §7 cholera epidemic
Major cholera epidemics struck Central and Eastern Europe repeatedly in the 1830s and 1840s (1831–32, 1848–49); the 'lazaretto' (quarantine hospital) where Pista and Viola die in a common coffin is a direct echo of this lived experience for Madách's generation.
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