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When a Plague Outbreak Threatened to Overrun San Francisco

EXCERPT

In the decades prior to 1900, bubonic plague killed more than 10 million people worldwide. Then an infected Chinese immigrant turned up in San Francisco.

David K. Randall
David K. Randall
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The National Library of Medicine/Centers for Disease Control
David K. Randall

David K. Randall

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