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Causes of Consumption Debated in 19th Century Letter
In a continued Aurora Commercial letter, Dr. Robert Hunter argues consumption is mainly environmental and not inherited. He cites cramped chests, poor ventilation, and dusty trades as causes, detailing how air quality and dust exposure provoke tubercular disease and urging lessons for workers and public health.
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Aurora
Allison
Edinburgh
Rench
Cornwall
Fonland
John Forbes
Grid Foreign Medico-Chirurgical Review
Minera
Waldschat
Wepfer
St. Roch
France
James Clark
Leeds
Knight
Sheffield
England
Thorkrah
Robert Hunter
Broadway
New York
James Hunter
Christ
Church of Christ
Eve LE
Israel