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the rebuilding of cities in France,
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the risanamento in Naples, did achieve major success.
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But it's worth remembering that they often weren't based
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on a medical theory that was to endure.
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And indeed in the case of Naples, it was a medical theory
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that very soon after the rebuilding was to be discarded.
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No sooner had Naples been rebuilt then the theories
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of Pettenkofer were overturned,
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with the coming of the germ theory of disease.
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So, when we're--one of the questions we ask,then,
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was the lasting impact of epidemic diseases.
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And I would argue that one of the senses of lasting impact