Word: contagion
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...exhibition of Florentine illustrated books will be held in the Fogg Art Museum from November 8 until December 8 Books from the two collections recently acquired by the University the Sac on areola collection and the Sacre Rappre contagion will be on exhibition for the first time. Some of the greatest treasures of the Wellesley College Library have been lent for the exhibition, as also extremely fine examples from the Pierpont Morgan Library as well as books from the libraries of Mr. W. M. Ivins Jr., of New York, and Dr. E. C. Streeter of Boston...
...before the appearance of the "eruption" or "rash" as afterward. If one will consider this fact, he may see how important it is to consult a physician on the appearance of the first symptoms, not only for his own sake but in order to prevent the spread of contagion. It is with this motive in view that the following early symptoms common to measles and German measles are given. There is usually a "cold in the head," which may or may not be associated with sneezing; a slight cough; occasional chilly sensations; a feeling of weakness and there...
...German measles is due to the fact that these early symptoms are often so mild that the doctor is not consulted until the appearance of the rash, and meantime the individual has pursued without restraint his daily interests--which, may have included the theatre or a dance--spreading the contagion everywhere he goes...
...consider it likely that the disease would spread through the University and therefore did not think a general quarantine at all necessary. He compared the University with the various towns and villages in the surrounding country and pointed out that if there was no fear of contagion in these small communities, nearly every one of which contains at least one case of infantile paralysis, there should therefore be no danger in a University community of over 4,000 members, when only one case has appeared. The rumor that another case has developed is false. There are no more cases...
...author has contracted from Stevenson an aggravated form of the adjectival disease, and the ineffective anti-climax with which the piece concludes does not compensate the reader for the pathological exhibition to which he has been subjected in the foregoing tedious paragraphs. Though free from this contagion, the "storiette" called "A Gamble in Orange Blossoms" is badly constructed, failing in a convincing delineation of the leading figure and obscurely cramming the subsequent vicissitudes of the hero and heroine into an inadequate final paragraph. "The Other Voice," a play let, despite the excellent characterization in the dialogue, sounds like an unsuccessful...