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Is it dangerous to catch a cold… or was Jane Austen just being dramatic?

By Ana Fernandez Mosquera, Doctora en Filología Inglesa. Miembro ILINGUA. Proyectos Internacionales de Investigación (OPI UVIGO), Universidade de Vigo

In many of Austen’s novels, going out in the rain meant risking illness or death. Was this really the case?

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