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Dr. Lucas' Medical Notebook, 1854

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Dr. Lucas' Medical Notebook, 1854 Llyfr Nodiadau Meddygol Dr. Lucas, 1854

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Notebook kept by Dr. Lucas in his role as Medical Superintendant during the Brecon Cholera Epidemic of 1854, which claimed 57 lives. His notebooks provide an excellent contemporary record. The outbreak was caused by a stream being used as a sewer, which fed a nearby drinking well. Llyfr Nodiadau a gadwyd gan Dr. Lucas yn ei rôl fel Arolygydd Meddygol yn ystod yr Epidemig Colera yn Aberhonddu yn ystod 1854, pan fu farw 57 o bobl. Mae ei lyfrau nodiadau yn darparu cofnod cyfoes rhagorol. Achoswyd y salwch gan nant a ddefnyddiwyd fel carthffos, oedd yn llifo i ffynnon dwr croyw gerllaw.

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1854
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Domestic life, Towns
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Powys Archives Dr. Thomas Prestwood Lucas (1801-1871) Papers B/D/BM/A7/1/2

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