Word: filth
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...winter Dr. Grenfell travels for miles over the snow to bring medical assistance to the sick; to raise the standard of living in the settlements which are often degraded by vice and filth; and to give the people who have no means of subsistence the chance to earn an honest living. The stereopticon slides of his hospitals were of particular interest, since they described the relief which is brought to many sufferers each year, and the need which they fill in a land where medical service is practically unknown...