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nistic, and that it is more rife and more rapidly fatal in northern than in southern latitudes, or 

 that its prevalence has any connexion with a cold, wet and variable climate, are popular 

 errors, at variance with the facts of common experience as well as with the results of statistical 

 research. Certainly, the figures of our table, more reliable under the circumstances than any 

 European tables covering a territory of equal extent, are opposed to such views, and strongly 

 confirm the popular notions, so far at least as the United States are concerned. 



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