In Poland there was formerly a law according to which any person found guilty or slander was compelled to walk on all four through the streets of the town where he lived, accompanied by the beadle, as a sign that he was unworthy the name of man. A correspondent of the Lancet cites a number of instances in which the appearance of influenza immediately followed the receipt of a letter from an infected place. He thinks the source of the infection was the saliva used to moisten the postage stamp*
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Temuka Leader, Issue 2455, 24 January 1893, Page 1
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90Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 Temuka Leader, Issue 2455, 24 January 1893, Page 1
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