The River of Death: A Tale of London In Peril - White Fred Merrick
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Another in the "Doom of London" series, in which the author sounds
a clarion call of potential disasters that may fall upon the great
city. Here he relates a tale of environmental contamination leading
to a medical panic.London in a year of severe drought; water level
in the Thames river extremely low, blazing heat wave for 3 weeks in
August; a Portuguese cargo ship sinks and contaminates a tributary
of the Thames; 3 of the crew members are discovered to be dying of
some disease; the local doctor is frightened by what he sees, calls
the health authorities, who call for help from Professor
Darbyshire, a scientist who deals with "fighting diseases in the
bulk", someone we might call an environmental epidemiologist today;
he investigates, then ... Darbyshire makes a hurried call asking
his friend, Dr. Longdale, to come at once to his house where he has
a small laboratory."Darbyshire produced a phial of cloudy fluid,
some of which he proceeded to lay on the glass of a powerful
microscope. Longdale fairly staggered back from the eyepiece.
"Bubonic! The water reeks with the bacillus! I haven't seen it so
strongly marked since we were in New Orleans together. Darbyshire,
you don't mean to say that this sample came from—"Yes, the sample
was water from the contaminated Thames, the river from which
roughly 4/5 of the water comes to supply the needs of the 5 million
Londoners. Longdale says the water system must be shut off."And
deprive four-fifths of London with water altogether!" Darbyshire
said grimly. "And London grilling like a furnace? No flushing of
sewers, no watering of roads, not even a drop to drink. In two days
London would be a reeking, seething hell — try and picture it,
Longdale.""I have, often," Longdale said gloomily. "Sooner or later
it had to come. Now is your chance, Darbyshire — that process of
sterilisation of yours."Will he save London? Of course — he's the
hero of the story. But how? Does London panic? How do the
authorities respond?
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