Did this myth, at least partly, originate in the 1854 cholera outbreak in London? "There was one significant anomaly - none of the monks in the adjacent monast

Did this myth, at least partly, originate in the 1854 cholera outbreak in London? "There was one significant anomaly - none of the monks in the adjacent monastery contracted cholera. Investigation showed that this was not an anomaly, but further evidence, for they drank only beer, which they brewed themselves. Residents near or in the brewery on Broad Street were also not affected as a result of the fermentation of the contaminated water. The beer was safer to drink than the dirty water from the Broad Street Pump." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1854_Broad_Street_cholera_outbreak http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1854_Broad_Street_cholera_outbr...