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Page 89
... disease rose tenfold . Sensing the nearness of disease and death , many workers took to heavy drinking . It was commonly believed that alcohol could prevent or forestall an early end to life , if the disease were malaria or yellow fever ...
... disease rose tenfold . Sensing the nearness of disease and death , many workers took to heavy drinking . It was commonly believed that alcohol could prevent or forestall an early end to life , if the disease were malaria or yellow fever ...
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... disease . Unwittingly , the company was digging its own grave ; the more it dug , the larger and better were the reservoirs conducive to the breed- ing of mosquitoes . Without the slightest doubt , as proved by the report of the Royal ...
... disease . Unwittingly , the company was digging its own grave ; the more it dug , the larger and better were the reservoirs conducive to the breed- ing of mosquitoes . Without the slightest doubt , as proved by the report of the Royal ...
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... disease - died shortly after con- tracting blackwater fever . Rocco to the author , August 10 , 1973 . 33. Ibid . 34 ... disease . " Despite the wealth of knowledge bequeathed by Hippocrates , the etiology of these diseases was not ...
... disease - died shortly after con- tracting blackwater fever . Rocco to the author , August 10 , 1973 . 33. Ibid . 34 ... disease . " Despite the wealth of knowledge bequeathed by Hippocrates , the etiology of these diseases was not ...
Contents
BunauVarillas Last Campaigns | 299 |
Appendix 1 | 335 |
Appendix 3 | 349 |
Copyright | |
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