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munity or state. A contagious disease is one that 

 spreads rapidly, develops in a few days, becomes serious 

 and often fatal. Consumption requires months and 

 usually years to develop, and this fact alone is sufficient 

 to oppose all thought of contagion, quarantine and iso- 

 lation. 



The theory of contagion is but the dwarfed and 

 mangled conclusions of laboratory science. 



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