Word: plonski
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...cases of psittacosis were reported, eight psittacosis deaths. In Washington, Surgeon General Hugh S. Gumming ordered a nation-wide investigation of psittacosis, to be headed by Dr. Charles Armstrong. In Los Angeles, all pet stores and recently purchased birds were quarantined. In Chicago, one Ben Plonski tried to get rid of an annoying parrot by telling health officers that the bird was "a psittacosis menace to the community." In Manhattan, City Health Commissioner Shirley W. Wynne declared an embargo on parrot shipments from South America, advised parrot owners to wash their hands thoroughly after touching their birds...
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