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vent the spread of the disease to others. Thus, 

 thanks to the insular position of Great Britain, this 

 dreadful disease has for many years been prevented 

 from invading her population. 



Men talk about Empire-building, and " Deeds 

 that won the Empire," and they know nothing of 

 the everlasting work that Haffkine and the doctors 

 have done for the consolidation of India. Already, 

 in 1896, he was working not at cholera only, but 

 also at plague. Then, in January 1897, came the 

 first anti-plague inoculations, and the outbreak of 

 bubonic plague in the Byculla jail, Bombay. 



