The History of Malaria in the Roman Campagna from Ancient Times
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amount of imaginative writing regarding the part played by malaria in bringing about the downfall of Rome. The author of this book, who has spent his life fighting malaria in the Roman Campagna and who cannot therefore be accused of underrating the importance of this disease, deals with facts, as far as history can be said to provide facts, and does not subscribe to this romantic view of the destiny of this
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