Destruction of Rats as a Means for the Prevention of Plague
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Sir,?I trust that Colonel Dennys' article will not be allowed to "waste its sweetness on a desert air." This is a subject which requires wide ventilation. There must be very few of those who have sought to deal with plague infected areas who have not at times felt the utter hopelessness of coping with the disease by the methods at present in vogue. One may enumerate various hindrances to the success of these methods. 1. Prejudice. It is a well-known fact that Ganesha is a
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