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Volume 11, Number 5—May 2005
Historical Review

Osler and the Infected Letter

Charles T. Ambrose*Comments to Author 
Author affiliation: *University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA

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Ships docking at the Lazzaretto Vecchio, Venice, 14th century (1).

Figure . Ships docking at the Lazzaretto Vecchio, Venice, 14th century (1).

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