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Battling Vampires (and Tuberculosis) in the 19th Century
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Did a deadly disease spark the legend of vampires? Or were bloodthirsty creatures really lurking in the shadows? We learn how the rampant spread of the "wasting disease" (tuberculosis) contributed to mass panic and vampire hysteria in the nineteenth century.
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Elyse Willems
Jessica Vasami
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