How Infectious Diseases Spread Through Direct Contact
The text explains direct transmission via bodily discharges, indirect spread through contaminated food and drink, and bites from insects like mosquitoes. It warns many diseases appear mild or unrecognized, enabling spread, and introduces the idea of cutters who harbor agents without symptoms. It notes typhus, malaria, yellow fever, bubonic plague, and typhoid as examples, and cites New York typhus cases tied to crowded tenements. It stresses prompt detection to curb outbreaks and mentions tuberculosis and smallpox as commonly misidentified, with measles and diphtheria often overlooked.
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Reward Offered for Cure Claims
The notice quotes rewards of 160 and 100 and asserts a remedy cures all stages of a disease. It describes a treatment said to act on mucous surfaces, supposedly destroying the disease’s foundation and strengthening the patient. Proprietors urge readers to seek the remedy and provide testimonials and address CHENEY & Co.
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