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Old Wives, Climate, and Colds Across the Tropics
In 1916 public health notes challenge the idea that weather causes colds. William Brady argues bacteria cause respiratory diseases. sanitation and crowding drive infections. Gorgas’s Panama study points to crowded quarters, not drafts, as the real transmission condition, reinforcing sanitation over climate.
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William Brady
Old Mother
The
Public Health Reports
Washington, D. C
Philippines
Panama
Canal
Dr. Gorgas
Gorgas