It is said that every time a ship visits the lonely island of Tristan da Cunha, in the South Atlantic, all, or nearly all, the 167 inhabitants catch cold. Germs left by the ship’s passengers produce the epidemic.
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Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 88, 8 January 1935, Page 11
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38Untitled Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 88, 8 January 1935, Page 11
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