And what ended up happening is that an entire emerging public health system became convinced that it was the smell that was killing everybody, that was creating these diseases that would wipe through the city every three or four years.
Et finalement, un embryon de système de santé publique a été convaincu que c'était l'odeur qui tuait tout le monde, qui créait ces maladies qui dépeuplaient la ville tous les 3 ou 4 ans.