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Contagion: Historical Views of Diseases and Epidemics is a digital library collection that brings a unique set of resources from Harvard's libraries to Internet users everywhere.
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Hippocrates, was anterior to his time; for in Book V of the "Epidemics" we read of Bias, who, "suapte nature vorax, in choleram-morbum incidit ex carnium esu, praecipueque suillarum crudarum, etc."
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Epidemics and mass disasters obviously impact interstate commerce, which is the basis for the federal government's current quarantine powers.
Mark A. Hall: A Public Health Catastrophe Could Ensue If the Supreme Court Declares the Affordable Care Act Unconstitutional Mark A. Hall 2012
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Epidemics of giardiasis have occurred at ski resorts in the dead of winter because of drinking water contamination.
Intestinal Parasites May Be Causing Your Energy Slump M.D. Leo Galland 2011
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Epidemics could now be instantly identified on site, and the Microkit could even be used to diagnose ill travelers as they arrive at airports.
Targeting Local Needs to Find Global Solutions Adam Smith 2011
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Epidemics, if that's a useful word at all I'd prefer a systemic accident, catastrophe or disaster following Perrow, may differ in the number of necessary factors.
Robert Teitelman: The Causes of Systemic Disasters Robert Teitelman 2012
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Epidemics of giardiasis have occurred at ski resorts in the dead of winter because of drinking water contamination.
Intestinal Parasites May Be Causing Your Energy Slump M.D. Leo Galland 2011
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Epidemics have become routine in Latin America, a continent on the verge of becoming highly endemic.
Scott Dodd: Climate Change Drives Dengue Fever Re-Emergence in U.S. 2010
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There is no lack of historical examples: Epidemics of suicide were frequent among Jews in medieval Europe; sometimes they were given a choice between converting to Christianity and death.
The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs : Another Foxconn jumper, and you know who’s the real victim? Me 2010
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Epidemics were so dreaded that patients were locked in “diphtheria wards” until they recovered.
SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010
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