Eula Biss Diseases Quotations

I think that protecting children at the age where they're most vulnerable against diseases that are highly contagious is prudent.

In the 19th century, smallpox was widely considered a disease of filth, which meant that it was largely understood to be a disease of the poor. According to filth theory, any number of contagious diseases were caused by bad air that had been made foul by excrement or rot.