Toronto #9: Epidemics & Discoveries


In 1834 – tragedy strikes. Toronto is invaded by cholera then typhus and has to take drastic measures to save the population. An archaeological dig finds evidence of the immigrants who were sent to the fever sheds. John Rolph defies the British government and sets up a medical school which act eventually leads to the discovery of insulin by researchers, Banting and Best, at the University of Toronto

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