



And yet, this story made it seem like the kids were actually sent back in time. That's likely due to not having read the rest of the series, but I did think I knew enough about the Imagination Station from Adventures in Odyssey as a whole to know that it's.well.all in the imagination. I'm a little confused about the premise for the series, the Imagination Station, and how it works. But that's all the more reason this story is a nice way of making historical events and figures more memorable. For that matter, I didn't know about him either, though I can't guarantee I didn't read about him in passing during a history class in school and simply forgot about him. The doctor who first posited that cholera was spread by contaminated water, rather than through the air, for example, is certainly not one that kids this age are likely to have heard about. I did still like it, though, and appreciate the way these stories bring somewhat lesser-known pockets of history to life for children. I did not like this one quite as much as the third in the arc, which might have been due to the respective subject matters as much as anything. I actually read part 3 of this story arc (which, in turn, is part of a much larger series) first, then decided to go back and read the preceding stories. But when Patrick learns that he drank water from the contaminated pump, he's not certain he'll be able to make it back from 1854 alive. John Snow and Curate Henry Whitehead who played important roles in history.

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