In the 19th century, exposure to copper would have been an early version of constantly sanitizing one’s hands!
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There was a fascinating article posted yesterday about Victorian Era physician Victor Burq and his research on the anti-microbial properties of copper and it’s alloys.  In the mid 1800s, people who worked with copper (i.e. jewelers, boilermakers, goldsmiths) were able to avoid the Cholera epidemics without even trying!⁣
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Yet another reason we making our copper candelabras! ⁣
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Pictured here is THE FELLOWSHIP Appropriately named for the global togetherness we feel right now, even as we’re far apart.

Read the article HERE.