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Victorians think a lot of things caused Cholera but the two main theorys were: Miasma (bad air filled with fumes from rotting matter) to "resolve" this "cause" of Cholera some people would carry around flowers or sweet smelling herbs. This was meant to stop people from getting infected byCholrea. The second main theory was Spontaneous generation a disease that was caused by germs that were produced by flesh and vegtables as the rotted.

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