Funded by DFG, Project No. 450128971
Ambient air was an important subject of scientific, social, legal and political discourses in early modern London: What constituted air as an element, what could influence, pollute or purify it and how it affected human bodies and urban life were questions that were intensely observed and debated by contemporaries. In this context the sense of smell served as an instrument to analyse and monitor air. The project investigates these topics based on three case studies: the early modern plague outbreaks associated with air in London, urban air pollution, and the first wave of cholera in the 1830s.
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nemos (May 7, 2024). Smelling the Metropolis: Emission, Infection and Olfaction in Early Modern London. NEMoS. Retrieved January 22, 2025 from https://doi.org/10.58079/12rln