Charles Dickens wrote about the diphtheria crisis of 1856 – and it all sounds very familiar

Original language	English
Specialist publication	The Conversation
Publication status	Published - 27 Dec 2020

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• Dickens, Charles
• COVID
• Coronavirus
• letters
• diphtheria

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• Doctor warned Charles Dickens of family diphtheria risk: The Times (print), 28 Dec 2020, p. 5

  Litvack, L.

  28/12/2020

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• Dickens, the COVID Pandemic and A Christmas Carol: BBC Radio Ulster, 27 November 2020

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  27/11/2020

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• Charles Dickens écrit sur l’épidémie de diphtérie en 1856 et cela a un air de déjà vu: Charles Dickens writes about the diphtheria epidemic in 1856 and it has an air of déjà vu

  Litvack, L., 29 Jan 2021, Passéisme.

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• Charles Dickens escribió sobre la crisis de la difteria de 1856 (y todo suena muy familiar)

  Litvack, L., 22 Jan 2021, The Conversation.

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Litvack, L. (2020). Charles Dickens wrote about the diphtheria crisis of 1856 – and it all sounds very familiar. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/charles-dickens-wrote-about-the-diphtheria-crisis-of-1856-and-it-all-sounds-very-familiar-151718

Litvack, Leon. / Charles Dickens wrote about the diphtheria crisis of 1856 – and it all sounds very familiar. In: The Conversation. 2020.

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Litvack L. Charles Dickens wrote about the diphtheria crisis of 1856 – and it all sounds very familiar. The Conversation. 2020 Dec 27.