Posted 11/19/2012 01:59 (#2705375 - in reply to #2705189) Subject: Re: Why ancient civilizations farmed in the first place
Nope in the 1890s epidemics of cholera finally were connected with outhouses uphill from the springs and wells, though not totally cured until the 1950s in Missouri. At least there weren't the big outbreaks of cholera and dissentary in most of the 20th century.