"[Contagion] passes from one thing to another, and is originally caused by infection of the imperceptible particle."
— Fracastorius

January 1, 1970

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Hieronymi Fracastorii De Contagione Et Contagiosis Morbis Et Eorum Curatione, Libri III (1930), translation and notes by Wilmer Cave Wright, p. 5