A review by moreofacomment
Smell Detectives: An Olfactory History of Nineteenth-Century Urban America by Paul S. Sutter, Melanie A. Kiechle

informative inspiring medium-paced

4.0

It's a series of case studies that details a historical period when American public health response transitioned from centuries-old belief in miasma theory to germ theory.  As presented in the book, the historical transition, while a triumph of science, also marked the substantive loss of the public voice. 

longer review: https://moreofacomment.my/wp/2021/07/07/book-smell-detectives/