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Theodore Roosevelt chastises F. M. Hammond for not understanding the danger posed by trachoma. Despite what the clipping’s author suggests, children afflicted with the “frightfully contagious disease” cannot be admitted.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-11-14
William C. Woodward from the Washington, D.C., health department, responds to Public Printer Samuel B. Donnelly’s letter asking if the health department can immediately notify the Government Printing Office when it becomes aware of contagious diseases. The health department will gladly do so.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-11-22
A proposed act in the New York State Assembly would require people wishing to get married to obtain a physician’s certificate attesting that they are “not afflicted with any contagious, infectious or transmissible disease,” and sets out penalties for fraudulently obtaining such a certificate.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03-01
Poem about a soldier suffering from yellow fever in Cuba during the Spanish-American War.
1898-07-24