The Victorian Era Quotes

“Prince Albert, gravely ill, traveled directly to Ireland”
― Captivating History, The Victorian Era: A Captivating Guide to the Life of Queen Victoria and an Era in the History of the United Kingdom Known for Its Hierarchy-Based Social Order

“While the field of medicine improved step by step, Victorian Britain was also transformed by a new fad: public sanitation.”
― Captivating History, The Victorian Era: A Captivating Guide to the Life of Queen Victoria and an Era in the History of the United Kingdom Known for Its Hierarchy-Based Social Order

“The Scottish physician William Buchan’s book, Domestic Medicine: or, a Treatise on the Prevention and Cure of Diseases by Regimen and Simple Medicines, stated that cholera was caused by “food that easily turns rancid or sour on the stomach;”
― Captivating History, The Victorian Era: A Captivating Guide to the Life of Queen Victoria and an Era in the History of the United Kingdom Known for Its Hierarchy-Based Social Order

“Cholera, a serious illness affecting the digestive system of its victims, became the new plague for Victorian Britons.”
― Captivating History, The Victorian Era: A Captivating Guide to the Life of Queen Victoria and an Era in the History of the United Kingdom Known for Its Hierarchy-Based Social Order

“most people didn’t use soap except for laundry and did not wash their hands properly after using the privy or before preparing meals.”
― Captivating History, The Victorian Era: A Captivating Guide to the Life of Queen Victoria and an Era in the History of the United Kingdom Known for Its Hierarchy-Based Social Order

“Whether or not Black actually collected rats from Buckingham Palace, he certainly took his work seriously and contributed immensely to a very crucial aspect of Victorian society: sanitation.”
― Captivating History, The Victorian Era: A Captivating Guide to the Life of Queen Victoria and an Era in the History of the United Kingdom Known for Its Hierarchy-Based Social Order