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  1. ... very superficially, and the practical knowledge of the prevention and cure of disease was, to all purposes, negligible. Let us contrast ... animal experimentation in the study of the causes, prevention and treatment of communicable diseases. “A careful examination of the law in force ...
  2. ... are produced by organic diseases of the liver, gallbladder, pancreas, or any other viscus, and by tumors in ... observed. In the cure as well as the prevention of scurvy, much more is to be done ...